Wikipedia: /.../ After shots began to be fired at the rally, Vucci saw United States Secret Service agents in Trump's security detail rush towards the former president, so he ran to find a better vantage point and began photographing.[1][4][5][7] He later recounted that he "knew right away" that it was an attempt to assassinate Trump,[8] and that "it was a moment in American history and it had to be documented".[1][6] Vucci further recounted:
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How photographer captured defining news image of our era
The Associated Press chief photographer, a Pulitzer Prize-winner, was covering what he thought was a ‘normal’ Donald Trump rally in Pennsylvania – until the gunshots rang out.
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Donald Trump raised-fist photographs
On July 13, 2024, Evan Vucci, an American photojournalist, captured a series of photographs of Donald Trump—then a former president of the United States and the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party in the 2024 presidential election—raising his right fist with blood on his face, moments after Trump was shot during an assassination attempt at a political rally near Butler, Pennsylvania. In some photos, Trump's mouth is open as he chants "Fight!", while it is closed in others.
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After shots began to be fired at the rally, Vucci saw United States Secret Service agents in Trump's security detail rush towards the former president, so he ran to find a better vantage point and began photographing.[1][4][5][7] He later recounted that he "knew right away" that it was an attempt to assassinate Trump,[8] and that "it was a moment in American history and it had to be documented".[1][6] Vucci further recounted:
Composition
Evan Vucci's photographs show Trump moments after he stood up after being shot in the ear during an assassination attempt. His right fist is raised into the air in defiance and blood is streaked across his face. He is surrounded by Secret Service agents on his security detail, one of whom, Sean M. Curran, stares at the camera. A large flag of the United States waves in the background of the photos, in front of a clear blue sky.[1][2][3][4][5][7][11] Trump holds a red MAGA hat that reads "Make America Great Again"—his signature slogan—in his left hand.[12][13][14] In some of Vucci's photographs, Trump's mouth is open as he either mouths[15][16] or shouts "Fight!";[2][4][7][11][14] in other photos, Trump's lips are pursed.[1][5][12][13]
In The Conversation, Sara Oscar described numerous elements she said made Vucci's work "such a powerful image": The agents form[ing] a triangular composition that places Trump at the vertex; ... The agent draw[ing] us into the image, he looks back at us, he sees the photographer and therefore, he seems to see us; ... Set against a blue sky, everything else in the image is red, white and navy blue. The trickles of blood falling down Trump's face are echoed in the red stripes of the American flag which aligns with the republican red of the podium."[17]
Philip Kennicott, writing for The Washington Post, described Vucci's photographs as "Densely packed with markers of nationalism and authority" such as "the flag, the blood, the urgent faces of federal agents in dark suits". He described one of the closed-mouth photos as "strongly constructed, with aggressive angles that reflect the chaos and drama of the moment, and a powerful balance of color, all red, white and blue, including the azure sky above and the red-and-white decorative banner below. Trump seems to emerge from within a deconstructed version of its basic colors."[13]
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