Fifty-Eight Years Ago
Today marks fifty-eight years since JFK was assassinated in Dallas—shot by (I assume) the lone gunman Lee Harvey Oswald.
I happened to be in town in 2008 and so made a pilgrimage to Dealey Plaza. I thought it was amazing how the place seemed unchanged. (I had never been there prior to that, mind you, but it seemed like no new construction or alterations had been made since the famous footage of Abraham Zapurder was taken.)
I had a small, awful, early digital camera and made these exposures—a couple stitched together to form larger files. I feel the “X” painted on the roadway to be in bad taste somewhat. I was but two when it happened, and used to think I remembered it, but now I figure I was most likely recalling poring over a special edition of LIFE magazine a few years later.
Seven images by Richard Koenig; taken in February of 2008.