Walter Iooss' Sports Photos

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Walter Iooss

Michael Jordan, 1987
For much of his career, he has worked for Sports Illustrated. In order to create a dramatic backdrop for this magazine story on Michael Jordan, the second of many he would do in his career, Iooss had a court painted half blue, half red, unsure what color uniform the young star would show up in — home whites or road reds.

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