JFK: The Crisis Look

JFK: The Crisis Look

Photograph

Elliott Erwitt

Maker
American, b. France, 1928–2023

JFK: The Crisis Look

November 1962
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 7/16 × 6 9/16 in. (23.9 × 16.7 cm)
Paper: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0589
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label on verso, BC: (64-Cast) 11/62 1) JFK: THE CRISIS LOOK: Photographed at his desk \ during a moment of tension, President Kennedy's expression \ reveals the gravity of the situation as he listens to reports \ from an aide. \ Credit: Elliott Erwitt c 1962 MAGNUM Photos
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