Inspiring Image
Watching the Packers game right now I keep thinking about the ice bowl that was played on New Year’s Eve in 1967. On that day in temperatures around -15 degrees a sixteen year old John Biever captured one of the iconic sports images of all time. Bart Starr diving over Jerry Kramer to score what would be the winning touchdown. Could you imagine making such a great image at such a young age? How could you top that one. John has spent the rest of his career doing just that. He has had over 130 covers for Sports Illustrated during his career. He is also one of four photographers to have covered every Super Bowl. He has followed in his father’s footsteps, and then surpassed him. He flourished in the film age as well as the new digital age. I am sure that John was at the game today making pictures like he has for years. His images are very inspiring.
A few weeks ago one of the first posts in this series centered around Vernon Biever who is John’s father. You can read that post here.
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