"K" Meets "K"
Photograph

Cornell Capa

Maker
American, b. Hungary, 1918–2008

"K" Meets "K"

1961: What a Year!


1961
Gelatin silver print
Image: 7 1/8 × 9 5/16 in. (18.1 × 23.6 cm)
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0120
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso BC: 12/61 9) "K MEETS K" at the MAerican Embassy in Vienna, on June 3, \ for the year's most historic encounter between East and West. The two \ heads of state appear as differently as black and white at this, the moment \ of meeting. It was soon evident that their views were equally at odds. \ Credit: Cornall Capa © 1961 MAGNUM Photos
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