A new book, ‘The Last Heroes’, is a visual ode to the heartbreak and triumph of Olympians from 1896 to the present.
“To photograph athletes when they are still preparing means to concentrate on the athletes themselves,” Annie Leibovitz once said. “Their dedication, their joy, their pain, their mastery is what makes everyone care about the Olympic Games.” A new Assouline book, The Last Heroes: 100 Moments of Olympics Legend, shows how true that really is: its 100 images – some of which have never before been seen – of the quadrennial competition form a visual ode to the continued triumph of the human spirit.
“The reason the Olympics have crossed the twentieth century and entered the twenty-first is because they continue to symbolise a modernity that has influenced our societies, with its accomplishments and failures, courage and weaknesses. Stories are told through success and medals, as well as failure and defeats,” Bonamy tells Vogue. The book also has a strong emotional undercurrent.
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