Patrick Witty

Read more about the history of flags in photography, from Stanley Forman’s Soiling of Old Glory, to Yevgeny Khaldei’s Raising a Flag over the Reichstag…
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80 years ago today, Pvt. Bob Campbell shot this photo of the Iwo Jima flag raising. While Joe Rosenthal’s photo became iconic and won a @pulitzerprizes.bsky.social, Campbell’s version offers a unique, alternative angle on history.

Hoang Van Cuong also made this photo of Nick Ut on that tragic day in Trang Bang.

And for the record, the photo of "the stringer" is a heavy crop of an image taken by Hoang Van Cuong. He deserves credit too...

Who Really Took the Famous “Napalm Girl” Photograph? A new Sundance documentary, which questions the provenance of a Vietnam War icon, has set off a pitched battle between photojournalists and the filmmakers.

If you read anything about the controversy surrounding the iconic "Napalm Girl" photo, it should be this article by David Friend for @vanityfair.com

Thinking of Cecil Stoughton and his $19.95 plaid coat on this Inauguration Day. Photos by Oliver Atkins...

I'll take flourescent ANY day over LED. The worst.

I missed this sensational picture of the late president Carter lying in state in the Capitol Rotunda by Andrew Harnik.

It's a gem of light and composition, and knowingly nods to previous works.

Thanks to @patrickwitty.bsky.social's consitently brilliant Substack.
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The Departed, Lying In State Revisiting photos of the solemn tradition that honors our late Presidents—leading to one former White House photographer's unexpected selfie.

Anyway, here's the piece, it has a wild ending I never expected.

This photo by Abbie Rowe from FDR's funeral train is why I write Field of View. I'd never seen it before going down the rabbit hole of Presidents lying in state in the Capitol Rotunda.

The ghostly reflections have an American Gothic vibe.

AP Report: Investigating claims around ‘The Terror of War’ photograph
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That led me to this one, by Bob Gomel. Tungsten forever.

Revisiting some past photos from the Rotunda for FoV and came across this one of JFK lying in state by George Mobley for the Geographic. That beam of light.

The Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles looks like a war zone. Outstanding work by Ethan Swope for @apnews.com.

The Portraits of President Jimmy Carter From the FoV Archive: The 39th President sat for the some of the greats – Karsh, Avedon, Leibovitz, and another that may surprise you.

Wonderful tribute in a photographer's way by @patrickwitty.bsky.social

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The new TIME features a previously unseen photo of Jimmy Carter by Yousuf Karsh from 1981.

RIP Jimmy Carter.

Photographs by Richard Avedon, 1976 and 2004.
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Also, the sweater Lee Harvey Oswald was wearing when Jack Ruby shot him was BLACK, not maroon.

Oswald's sweater was black.

That's (one of the many) problems with "colorized" photos.

There's a viral tweet kicking around comparing these two photos: Luigi Mangione by Charly Triballeau and Lee Harvey Oswald by Jack Beers.

It's a perp walk. That's where the similarities end.

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The graphic violence on that platform will have profound and lasting effects on people. I've seen the worst of the worst throughout my career as a photo editor and am shocked daily. And it's monetized.

Ugh sorry! My apologies...that version was was taken by Brennan Asplen. Here is yours...

The Perp Walk of Fame Revisiting infamous perp walks from past as NYC rolls out the Blue Carpet for Luigi Mangione.

They'll keep parading him until the photographers stop showing up.

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Football photography fans: Celebrate the anniversary of the legendary "Immaculate Reception" with this deep dive into the iconic moment, and others...featuring Harry Cabluck, Al Bello, and @shortlittlekidd.bsky.social
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Yep, Bob Jackson's photo is in there...the holy grail of perp walks

Here's my deep dive into perp walk photos, with appearances by Ted Kaczynski, Timothy McVeigh, John Hinckley Jr., Son of Sam (photo by Robert McElroy), and of course Luigi Mangione...
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The front pages of today's @wsj.com (huge photo of Luigi Mangione by Mike Nagle) and @nytimes.com (no mention of Luigi Mangione). Bizarre.

McVeigh's Exit Ruled Unstaged BIOG:NAME:UPD: 19970224 -TEXT- DENVER - FBI agents did not stage a "perp walk" for the media when bombing defendant Timothy McVeigh was led from the Noble County courthouse in Perry hours after he wa…

I think that has a lot to do with it, yes. Also this
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