Title from caption on object: “Film Records Assassination Moment”
November 22, 1963
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gelatin silver print with applied color
Dimensions
image: 26 × 20.1 cm (10 1/4 × 7 15/16 in.) sheet: 26.3 × 20.5 cm (10 3/8 × 8 1/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon
Accession Number
2018.177.492
Art Historical Context
Abraham Zapruder's “Film Records Assassination Moment captured on November 22, 1963, is a poignant gelatin silver print derived from his amateur 8mm film footage. Standing on a concrete pedestal in Dallas's Dealey Plaza, Zapr unwittingly documented the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the most complete visual record of that tragic event. This 10¼ × 7⅞-inch image, now enhanced with applied color, freezes a harrowing instant, transforming raw footage into a tangible artifact of national trauma. As a cornerstone of 20th-century documentary photography, the print holds immense historic...