Patrick Witty is a photographer and picture editor with impeccable credentials, having worked at The New York Times, Time, National Geographic and Wired.
As much as I admire the above resumé, I’m even more impressed by his research-driven project Field of View, wherein he takes forensic looks at historically significant photos from the world of photojournalism and explores these together with related images, actions and events that occurred around the central images. The results are absorbing and illuminating. Earlier this month Witty did a deep dive into images containing the American flag. As fate would have it, days later there was an attempt to assassinate former President Trump, and THAT photograph of Trump — Secret Service agents, blood, defiance, and an American flag — captured by Evan Vucci not only became a global viral sensation, it instantly became another iconic moment in photojournalism. Much has been written about it and, of course, Witty did his own inimitable analysis: The Failed Assassination of Donald Trump.
Collage image credits L to R:
Joe Rosenthal; Sam Shere; Ali Jadallah; Malcolm Browne; Kurt Strumpf
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