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(KSL News) We've seen many images of President Hinckley over the last week, but one picture in particular is adored by Latter-day Saints worldwide.
When local photographer Boyd Ivey obtained field photo credentials for the BYU/New Mexico football game back in November of 2000, he saw it as an opportunity to get a few sport shots but quickly learned this was no ordinary game.
"I heard that President Hinckley was going to come, and they were going to change the name of the stadium to Lavell Edwards Stadium, I thought, 'This is great!' And then I thought, 'Oh no, I've got this one camera," Ivey said. He adds, "I really took the only picture I could."
That year, Ivey gave the photo as a Christmas gift to family members, thinking that would be the end of it. But requests came pouring in.
"We sent some to Spain, I know we sent some to New Zealand, to Australia and to South America. I had one person in my ward tell me they were in New Zealand, and they saw it sitting there in the temple waiting area," Ivey said.
The Iveys estimate, in the last seven years, they've mailed out some 10,000 photos.
Ivey did send a copy of the photo to Church headquarters. He heard through good authority that Marjorie Hinckley loved the photo and that President Hinckley was quoted as saying "I guess it's pretty good."
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