Description
20″ x 16″ B&W photograph of the Milwaukee Braves superstar Hank Aaron, nicely autographed in blue marker by both Hank Aaron and renowned photographer Ken Regan.
The photograph was taken at the New York Mets’ Shea Stadium.
Signed at official paid private autograph sessions.
Sold with Certificates of Authenticity from both The Autograph Source (Lifetime Guarantee) and independent third-party authenticator PSA/DNA.
Ken Regan was an American photojournalist from the Bronx, New York City whose reputation for discretion allowed him close connections with subjects including many musicians, politicians and celebrities. Mr. Regan was the official photographer for the Rolling Stones on several tours in the 1970s, Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue tour in 1975 and the Live Aid concert in 1985. He was Senator Kennedy’s unofficial personal photographer in the last four decades of his life. He took the pictures documenting Christopher Reeve’s homecoming from rehabilitation after the 1995 fall from a horse that left the actor paralyzed.
Mr. Regan’s sure-footedness on the high ridgelines of celebrity, where unguarded moments can sometimes teeter toward painful unmasking, made him the favorite photographer of people who were famous for being wary of photographers. Michelle Pfeiffer, Julia Roberts, Jodie Foster and Oprah Winfrey were frequent subjects. When People magazine sought homey shots of Clint Eastwood, Harrison Ford or Robert Redford in their mountain aeries, Mr. Regan was often asked to take the job.
Mr. Regan photographed sports figures for many years. His photographs of Muhammad Ali, including a series from the 1975 “Rumble in the Jungle” fight between Ali and George Foreman in Zaire, have been widely reproduced.
Ken Regan passed away in 2012 and Hank Aaron died in 2021.
