I dont mean that the picture was physically bigger, I meant the photo was more of a close up shot than the others and thus makes him appear much larger than the other champions.
The photo was taken backstage at the Olympia this year right after he won...Jay requested that particular pose when asked what he tought his best pose was, and that was the best shot we had that was taken that night that matched his request...it just so happens that we happened to have gone in closer for that set of shots.
I guess you can blame myself and Robert Reiff for not having the forethought of planning the exact shot that would have matched the wall at Gold's several months later, had we known we could have done it full length and also held the Olympia stage BG...oh wait-they don't all have that either...and not all are exactly the same lighting, angle etc.
Jay's image is shot a little closer, and the fact that it has an empty BG does make him look bigger then the others...course, it could also be the fact that he IS bigger then most of the other previous Mr Olympia's...even Ronnie since his shot was taken towards the beginning of his reign.
wow...that's a lot of debate over a pretty cool photo of Mr Olympia on a gym wall
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