Golden Hour: Olympians Photographed by Walter Iooss Jr.
On view through October 4, 2021
Asheville Art Museum
Asheville, North Carolina
www.ashevilleart.org
In conjunction with the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, the Asheville Art Museum presents a group of three exhibitions drawn from the Museum’s Collection. The exhibitions feature photographs of athletes by Walter Iooss Jr.; representations of athletes in a variety of media; and glass, ceramic, fashion, and sculpture which utilize gold, silver, and bronze.
“Golden Hour: Olympians Photographed by Walter Iooss Jr.” highlights dozens of photographer Walter Iooss Jr.’s images from the Museum’s Collection. Over his 60-year career, Iooss (Temple, TX 1943–Present NY) has captured portraits of hundreds of celebrated American athletes in action, and a select few as they prepared for the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He began his career shooting for Sports Illustrated and has contributed to the magazine for more than 50 years.
[Image: Walter Iooss Jr., Carl Lewis, Houston, TX, 1991, archival pigment print on paper, 23 ¼ × 29 inches. Asheville Art Museum. © Walter Iooss Jr.]
