Carl Fischer A'48

Photo of Carl Fischer from his New York Times' obituary

Carl Fischer A'48, Who Shot Attention-Getting Esquire Covers, Dies at 98

Among his most famous photographs was one depicting Muhammad Ali as a martyr stuck full of arrows.

Carl Fischer, the photographer who shot some of Esquire magazine’s most famous and provocative covers of the 1960s and early ’70s, including images of Muhammad Ali pierced by arrows and Andy Warhol falling into a giant can of tomato soup, died on Friday at his home in Manhattan. He was 98.

To read his featured obituary from The New York Times, please click here.

 

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