Atlanta in the 70s, the Photography of Boyd Lewis'

A fan holds a sign critical of Major League Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn for his interference in Hank Aaron’s drive to eclipse Babe Ruth’s home run record in Atlanta. When the Atlanta Braves opened the 1974 season at Cincinnati, Aaron was two home runs shy of the mark and hoped to sit the bench to better position himself to break the record in Atlanta, but the commissioner refused. Read more about the work of Boyd Lewis and the new exhibition of his work here.