2020 marks 25 years of Getty Images, although the collections in our care trace a far longer history. Today, gettyarchive explores the image that kick-started one of our founding agencies.⁠ ⁠ Bob Beamon leaps into history at the Mexico City Olympics on 18 October, 1968. Reaching a distance of 8.9m (29ft 2.5"), the U.S athlete won the gold medal and set a new world record - the first long jump over 28ft.⁠ There to suspend Beamon forever elevated, was aspiring photographer Tony Duffy. The English accountant had chanced a holiday to the Olympic Games in Mexico City and, in a marked contrast to the tightly-controlled access of today, talked his way closer to the action. Making his way to the front row of a half-empty stadium, the amateur was still set apart from the professionals, the majority of whom were focused on the 400m final. Proving it takes more than an eye and the right kit to make it as a photographer, Duffy had used the same tenacity to find his way into the Olympic Village; in...