Evan Vucci—AP

Behind the Cover: Interview With the Photographer of the Trump Image

BY KARA MILSTEIN | PHOTOGRAPHS BY EVAN VUCCI—AP
JULY 15, 2024 6:35 PM EDT

Early Saturday evening, a series of photos and videos depicting a shocking moment appeared across our digital screens– the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign rally. 

 

‘The flag and the fist together are what make this so powerful’ … Trump’s first in parallel with the American flag. Photograph: Evan Vucci

‘Is this what a second Trump presidency will be like?’ – our art critic on the chilling shooting image

In the heat of the assassination attempt, the bloodied ex-president’s defiance created a picture that echoes works of frontier heroism and religious resurrection. Could it be a warning of what is to come?

The job is all about anticipation’: behind the lens of the defining photo of the Trump rally shooting

¿Así será una segunda presidencia de Trump?”: nuestro crítico de arte sobre la escalofriante imagen del tiroteo

Jonathan Jones
Monday 15 July 2024

This breaks your heart. Or at least it does if you oppose the politics of Donald Trump. For with one image, he may have won the 2024 US presidential election. Photographer Evan Vucci captured it, and has rightly won praise for it, but we should acknowledge that it was Trump who made it. And he made it with presence of mind and courage.

Here’s what makes Evan Vucci’s Trump photograph so powerful

 

Donald Trump
Photo by Evan Vucci

Elevation, colour – and the American flag. Here’s what makes Evan Vucci’s Trump photograph so powerful

Por qué la fotografía de Evan Vucci del atentado contra Trump es tan impactante

Jo Adetunji
Published: July 15, 2024 8.11am BST

The attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania was captured by several photographers who were standing at the stage before the shooting commenced.