Posted on 07/17/2024 8:53:43 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Throughout history, certain photographs, such as Nick Ut's "Napalm Girl", have etched themselves forever into the public psyche. A recent photograph of Donald Trump is poised to join this club.
Blood streaks his face. The American flag looms in the background. His fist raised in defiance.
The photograph of Donald Trump taken by Associated Press photographer Evan Vucci in the aftermath of an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania on 14 July is gathering iconic status. To coin a phrase, the photo is "one for the history books", a defining symbol of an era plagued by political crisis, violence and upheaval in America. While there is no shortage of video footage of the horrific incident, it is this single image that will be etched into our collective memory. A reminder of the timeless power of photography. “Without question, Evan’s photo will become the definitive photo from the (assassination) attempt,” said Patrick Witty, a former photo editor at TIME, the New York Times and National Geographic.
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If this was Europe, they’d focus on the woman agent.
HAHAHA! Now some weak kneed fools want them to stop showing it.....two gueeses who is leading that cry....they ‘feel’ offended.
Interesting. There’s an element of luck to shooting an iconic picture like this one, but the best of ‘em find a way to be in the right place at the right time, and they need to be able to still pay attention to camera angle, etc., even in the heat of the moment.
good one...
Yep, as Roman philosopher Seneca described it ““Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”
I think of what it must have been like on that day back in February 1945, when a US Navy Photographer's Mate on Guam stuck that photo paper into a pan of developer in a red-lit darkroom.
As the image gradually took form in front of his eyes under that red light, I wonder if he felt the same way I did when I saw that picture of Trump. He probably called out to someone "Hey. Get a load of this." (something like I recall they portrayed it in "Flag of Our Fathers")
I may have been the first person to comment on that aspect of it as post #183 on the main thread:
But I was not the only one. In that short time interval, when I came back out to the home page next time I left that thread, it was the banner photo, so Jim Robinson or someone else with privileges saw it when it appeared, and felt exactly the same way I did!
Funny. One of my favorite books is "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman". In it, he described in the Sixties how he got into painting and began looking at art, and he became intrigued, almost like the guy in the book "The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"
“The photograph of Donald Trump taken by Associated Press photographer Evan Vucci...”
Does the Associated Press have copyrights for this photograph?
Are they making money off of this photograph?
“Golf is a game of luck. And the harder I work, the luckier I get." - Ben Hogan
I have no idea where you got this graphic, but I’m gonna thank you and go ahead and steal that and spread it EVERYWHERE!
Much obliged!
As the famous street photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson said “the decisive moment”.
And putting yourself in the right spot anticipating.
They are already making plays about it at theaters in Uganda
Same as after 9/12.
They never change.
Some of these days, some pundit is going to write about why, under extreme duress, Trump’s words were “Fight Fight Fight” and his gesture was a clenched fist.
Not a thumbs-up to show he was OK or a wave...
If they understand Trump, they will explain that even under stress, his instinct was not for his own safety or to reassure his supporters and family that he survived, but to show strong leadership by modeling what he expects us all to do, even when we are under attack...
Fight Fight FIGHT!
That's pretty good.
Spirit, that made those heroes dare To die,
and leave their children free,
Bid Time and Nature gently spare
The shaft we raise to them and thee.
The Concord Hymm, Sung at the dedication of the Concord Battle Monument, July 4, 1839. Written by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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