Rey Mysterio
Rey Mysterio, 1996
“On Monday afternoon before the WCW Monday Nitro live show, I photographed wrestler Rey Mysterio. Rey was known mostly for his signature Mexican wrestler mask, but also for his acrobatic diving moves, usually performed from the top rope or turnbuckle of the ring.
Rey could not have been more generous and collaborative with his time and his body. He was eager to please and enthusiastically volunteered to run up the cyclorama (a curved solid wall in the photo studio), push off and fly through the air in a sky diver pose, landing on a crash pad. It looked amazing. He did it again and again, each jump more perfect than the one before. We knew we were capturing the peak of his jump because we were using Polaroid 665. The shoot went great. I thanked Rey by hugging him and giving him a couple of Polaroids to take with him.”
โ Andrew Eccles
Reproduced Directly from the Original Negative or Digital Source.
About Andrew Eccles
After graduating from The Ontario College of Art in Toronto, Andrew moved to New York where he became first assistant to Annie Leibovitz, followed by brief stints working alongside Robert Mapplethorpe and Steven Meisel.
Before long Andrew was shooting covers and editorial assignments himself for an array of publications including Time, Vanity Fair, Esquire, Rolling Stone, and The New York Times Magazine.
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater discovered Andrewโs photography in Dance Ink magazine which led to a 25-year collaboration. The book Ailey Ascending: A Portrait in Motion, featuring Andrewโs photographs, was published in 2008 accompanied by a traveling exhibition throughout the US.
American Photography named Andrew as one of the 100 Most Important People in the Industry. After spending most of his life in New York City, Andrew now resides in Joshua Tree, California, where between assignments he hikes in the Park and documents the desolate beauty of the High Desert.
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