Including his unforgettable "Miracle on Ice" photo, Heinz Kluetmeier took numerous indelible images for Sports Illustrated, all while living in Milwaukee.

In 1980, Heinz Kluetmeier found the perfect angle at the Lake Placid Olympic Center to chronicle the underdog U.S. hockey team’s 4-3 semifinal victory over the Soviet squad. His photograph ran ...

Photographer Heinz Kluetmeier is perhaps best known for his more than 100 Sports Illustrated cover photos, including an ...

This shot of swimmer Michael Phelps posing underwater at the University of Michigan was one of Kluetmeier’s favorites. / Heinz Kluetmeier/Sports Illustrated You’ve heard the joke about music ...

Irgendwann reichte es Heinz Kluetmeier nicht mehr, all die Sportlerinnen und Sportler auf Augenhöhe zu fotografieren, wie er es über so viele Jahre getan hatte. Er ging ins Wasser. Und wurde ...

Heinz Kluetmeier, a Sports Illustrated photographer who, while positioning himself in the right place at the right time and pushing the technical bounds of his medium, took some of the defining ...

Famed Sports Illustrated photographer Heinz Kluetmeier died at the age of 82 after complications with Parkinson’s disease and a stroke. Kluetmeier was the man behind the lens for the memorable ...

Heinz Kluetmeier was once asked by a Sports Illustrated staffer to name the most memorable Olympic photo he shot. That staffer was me. The famed sports photographer did not hesitate.

The greatest upset in American sports came against the backdrop of political tensions, something photographer Heinz Kluetmeier surely understood. It was his photo on the cover of Sports ...

Heinz Kluetmeier, an award-winning photojournalist whose portfolio includes iconic Olympic images of the “Miracle On Ice” in 1980 and Michael Phelps’ “Miracle Finish” in 2008, has died ...