Chris Smith: A Career in Sports and Cultural Photography
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Chris Smith spent four decades photographing some of the biggest personalities in sport and culture, from Ali and McEnroe to Gascoigne and Aretha Franklin. The Guardian has collected a career retrospective following his death, showing the range and emotional directness that defined his access photography across sport, music and public life.
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