Half-brothers Dicky Eklund (left), 53, and Micky Ward, 45. The Fighter director David O. Russell asked acclaimed photographer Danielle Levitt to document the people of gritty Lowell, Mass. A ...

Director David O. Russell asked acclaimed photographer Danielle Levitt to head to Lowell, Mass., to document Dicky, Micky and the entire hardscrabble town that inspired the Oscar-nominated movie.