Ozzie Sweet, Who Helped Define New Era of Photography, Dies at 94

[byrone]

Mr. Sweet, who was 94 when he died Wednesday at his home in York Harbor, Me., took photographs that appeared on an estimated 1,800 magazine covers.

Mr. Sweet became most closely associated with Sport, a monthly magazine that predated Sports Illustrated and after 1947 featured dozens, if not hundreds, of his portraits on its cover. Johnny Unitas, Jim Brown, Maurice Richard, Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio, Sandy Koufax and Mickey Mantle were all his subjects.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/sports/ozzie-sweet-who-helped-define-new-era-of-photography-dies-at-94.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

[ethicsprof]

sad news, indeed.
an amazing photographer.
I use his Legends of the Field and Boys of Spring as primary sources for
baseball photography research.
my deepest sympathy and condolences to family and friends,
barry

[GKreindler]

Ozzie's work was really beautiful - the shiznit, really. This made me quite sad.

Graig

[Duluth Eskimo]

What an amazing photographer. Truly an innovator. He made the subjects jump off the page at you. My favorite color sports photographer. RIP