Rich Clarksons photo of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, then named Lew Alcindor, in the 1968 NCAA Mens National Basketball Final Four semifinal game in Los Angeles is a masterpiece of composition, timing and exposure. The square format is the result of shooting the game action with a Hasselblad a practice that continued into the early 2000s. But that isnt what makes this photo historically interesting.
Rich Clarksons 1968 photo of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
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