PDN Photo Annual 2007
PDN Photo Annual 2007
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ART DIRECTOR

Steven Hoffman

PHOTO EDITOR

Jim Colton

MAGAZINE

Sports Illustrated

STORY

“Invincible Spirit”

One of a series of 13 consecutive two-page spreads used in the Pictures of the Year feature. Maxwell Fornah and Victor Musa, members of the Single Leg Amputee Sports Club of Sierra Leone, play football in Freetown, Sierra Leone, April 6, 2006. There are more than 6,000 amputees in Sierra Leone as a result of the brutal civil war. The Single Leg Amputee Sports Club of Sierra Leone has played against disabled players in Brazil, and hosted the disabled football championships in Sierra Leone in February 2007.