Fotoreproductie naar een Polaroid-opname van de moord op John F. Kennedy in Dallas Possibly 1963

This Polaroid reproduction of the John F. Kennedy assassination was taken in Dallas in 1963 by Associated Press photographer, Mary Ann Moorman. Imagine the chaos, the speed of the motorcade, the urgency to capture a moment of profound historical significance. What does it mean to make an image at such a moment? I see the way the scene unfolds through a grainy, blurred lens, as if the very act of witnessing is unsteady, unfixed. The stark black and white tones amplify the gravity, the drama of the scene, which could be a deliberate choice to strip away any sense of illusion. How could we make sense of this? Maybe it wasn’t about capturing clarity, but about conveying the visceral impact, the sheer shock of the moment. It reminds me of Warhol’s silkscreened disasters, in which the image is repeated, revealing layers of truth. And like those works, this photographic image creates an emotional and intellectual resonance. A powerful image that lingers, a silent scream from the past.