Mostly the summer Olympics provide an opportunity for all of us to watch our fit,
impressive countrymen and women try to beat one another in sports, some of which we
watch all the time and others we would have no idea existed if not for the Olympics
(who knew men’s field hockey was a thing?). For media outlets throughout the world,
the games also provide a golden opportunity to feature said fit, impressive countrymen
and women in photo essays. We rounded up a few of our favorites from around the Interwebs.
Neil Leifer’s photographs of athletes posing with landmarks from their home countries in Time
And finally: This year, Joe Klamar produced some portraits of
Olympians that have gotten negative feedback. BuzzFeed
did us the courtesy of collecting some of the most special here.
A Collection of Olympic Photo Essays From Around the Internet
A few of our favorites portraits of athletes then and now.
Mostly the summer Olympics provide an opportunity for all of us to watch our fit,
impressive countrymen and women try to beat one another in sports, some of which we
watch all the time and others we would have no idea existed if not for the Olympics
(who knew men’s field hockey was a thing?). For media outlets throughout the world,
the games also provide a golden opportunity to feature said fit, impressive countrymen
and women in photo essays. We rounded up a few of our favorites from around the Interwebs.
Time
LA Magazine
via the
New York Times
Independent
Joe Klamar produced some portraits of
Olympians that have gotten negative feedback. BuzzFeed
did us the courtesy of collecting some of the most special here.
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