Bill Shapiro

New York

Author and Contributor at Freelance

Former Editor-in-Chief of LIFE magazine; author of the book "What We Keep” (https://t.co/wFllkA4IKy). Co-author, “Gus & Me." https://t.co/dQrAag893s

Articles

How Two Crops Are Changing the Land of Enchantment

3 weeks ago | newmexicomagazine.org | Bill Shapiro

FOR A MOMENT, in the honeyed early morning light of the Española Valley, it’s quiet—quiet enough to hear the Río Grande gurgling just beyond the edge of the fields, quiet enough to make out the birdsong drifting from the towering cottonwoods. But then the farmer bends back a bush to reveal at least a dozen oversize peppers. A smile explodes across his face. “See?” he baritones.
How Two Crops Are Changing the Land of Enchantment

3 weeks ago | l8r.it | Bill Shapiro

FOR A MOMENT, in the honeyed early morning light of the Española Valley, it’s quiet—quiet enough to hear the Río Grande gurgling just beyond the edge of the fields, quiet enough to make out the birdsong drifting from the towering cottonwoods. But then the farmer bends back a bush to reveal at least a dozen oversize peppers. A smile explodes across his face. “See?” he baritones.
The greatest sports photo ever turns 60, and it was made in Lewiston, Maine - The Boston Globe

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Bill Shapiro

Neil Leifer made this photo in Lewiston, Maine, on May 25, 1965. Muhammed Ali was taking on Sonny Liston.Addison Gallery of American ArtWhen Muhammad Ali caught Sonny Liston with a sharp right 1 minute, 44 seconds into their title bout on May 25, 1965, a few things happened in quick succession: Liston hit the mat.
The Greatest Sports Photo Ever Made Turns 60

1 month ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Bill Shapiro

Share When Muhammad Ali caught Sonny Liston with a sharp right 1 minute and 44 seconds into their title bout on May 25, 1965, a few things happened in quick succession: Liston hit the mat. Ali hovered over him, shouting, “Get up and fight, sucker!” And, amid the pop and sparkle of flashbulbs, Neil Leifer, a 22-year-old freelance photographer working for Sports Illustrated, tripped the shutter of his camera.
Muhammad Ali, Sonny Liston and the Greatest Sports Photo Ever

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Bill Shapiro

When Muhammad Ali knocked down Sonny Liston on May 25, 1965, a 22-year-old photographer named Neil Leifer was ringside. Decades later, the image he captured still has our attention. When Muhammad Ali caught Sonny Liston with a sharp right 1 minute and 44 seconds into their title bout on May 25, 1965, a few things happened in quick succession: Liston hit the mat.
4 Photos That Changed How These Founders Think

2 months ago | entrepreneur.com | Bill Shapiro

In the often murky world of running a business, it helps to have a North Star — something to guide you when the pressure is relentless, the data seems unclear, distractions are everywhere, and your CFO casually mentions that his month-long silent retreat in Big Sur starts tomorrow. For some, that guiding light might be a mantra-like quote (for instance, Sun Tzu's "In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity") or even a poster tacked to the door ("Keep calm and...").
Seth Rogen on Houseplant and Evolution of Rolling Papers

Mar 25, 2025 | esquire.com | Bill Shapiro

"So," I asked Seth Rogen, "how many joints do you roll a week? “I don’t know. Between fifty and seventy-five.”“Can you roll while we talk?”Stupid question. Anyone who rolls fifty-plus joints a week can roll while he talks. But Rogen lets it slide. “Sure. I can roll. Let me try to find a surface.”And with that, Rogen, he of stoner-film fame, locates a surface and begins rolling while we’re talking, his fingers dancing across the paper as he preps, stuffs, shapes, and twists.
Deep in the Basque Country — Blind Magazine

Feb 18, 2025 | blind-magazine.com | Bill Shapiro

To say that photographer Anne Rearick is fond of the long-term project would be something of an understatement. Year in and year out, she has been returning to the tiny, rural villages that speckle the hills of the Basque country. She has been doing this for—ready?—34 years. In her beautiful and quietly moving new book, Gure Bazterrak (a Basque phrase which loosely translates to “our land”), she documents the slow rhythms of country life over the course of a generation.
I’m a children’s writer – and celebrity children’s books undervalue my craft

Nov 18, 2024 | inkl.com | Bill Shapiro

I have been an editor and author of children’s and young adult books for over 20 years. I’ve taught writing for children and young adult fiction to hardworking and serious emerging writers since 2010. So yes, it yanks my chain when I read that Keira Knightley has written and illustrated a “modern classic”: a children’s picture book called I Love You Just the Same, scheduled for publication next year.
Explore The Paseo Project's Inflatable Art Maze in Taos

Aug 27, 2024 | newmexicomagazine.org | Bill Shapiro

THE SHARPEST DESCRIPTION of the PASEO, Taos’s beloved 10-year-old outdoor art extravaganza, came from a tattooed tough guy in a leather jacket.