Oswald Being Shot...what Camera Took The Picture?

Revisiting An Iconic Photograph: Capturing Oswald's Killing

Published November i, 2013 at 9:00 AM CDT

Dallas Times-Herald lensman Bob Jackson was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for capturing this picture of Lee Harvey Oswald getting shot.

Throughout Nov, KERA will marking the 50th ceremony of the John F. Kennedy assassination past taking a closer look at that fateful day, what it meant to the country, how information technology changed Dallas, and more.

Today, we look back at newspaper photographer Bob Jackson. As a photographer for the Dallas Times Herald, Jackson won a Pulitzer Prize for capturing on camera the killing of Lee Harvey Oswald.

On Friday, Jackson will join a panel of other photographers who accept taken iconic pictures of tragic events. The upshot is from 12 to 1:30 p.1000. at The Sixth Flooring Museum at Dealey Plaza, 411 Elm St. in downtown Dallas.

Panelists also include John Moore of Getty Images, an Irving native who photographed the bump-off of Benazir Bhutto, and Tom Franklin, who shot the iconic picture of firefighters raising the American flag at Ground Nothing on 9/11. Kim Komenich, a old San Francisco Chronicle lensman, is the moderator. Tickets are available online.

The 6th Floor Museum explores Jackson's role capturing the events surrounding the Kennedy bump-off:

As a member of the press corps, Jackson was at Love Field when the Kennedys arrived and rode in the presidential motorcade through downtown Dallas. When shots rang out in Dealey Plaza, Jackson was one of the few eyewitnesses to encounter a rifle in a sixth floor window of the Texas School Book Depository. His camera was empty of flick at the time, and Jackson took no photos of the president'due south assassination. Two days later, waiting for police officers to transfer Lee Harvey Oswald to the county jail, Jackson took one of the nigh recognizable nonetheless images of the twentieth century when he photographed the moment Jack Cherry fatally shot Oswald. Jackson won the Pulitzer Prize for News Photography in 1964 for the iconic photo.

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Jackson's nearly famous photo is seared into the collective memory of the Kennedy assassination weekend. Yet, his other images from those dramatic four days provide a more complete portrait of the turmoil and emotion of those events. In 2008, while reflecting on his extraordinary career, Jackson said, "The Pulitzer Prize epitome volition last a long time. I was just on a pretty routine assignment that turned into an historical issue. I was only fortunate to be able to encompass it. In the cease, I want to be remembered non just for one picture, but for a career where I tried to do my best on whatsoever and every assignment."

In 2009, KERA's BJ Austin reported on Jackson'due south photo:

Jackson said the [Oswald] consignment was, in a way, routine that day. He was waiting for the police to walk the suspect out of headquarters. "You know, information technology was a simple shot," Jackson said. "Merely this i, of class, is one yous don't want to miss. I was looking through the photographic camera. I was pre-focused, a straight flash. And it only came together. I couldn't take planned it any better. If I had waited another 2nd, Ruby would have been between me and Oswald. I don't even like to remember what that would have been like. Then, I estimate it was meant to be."

A Photographer's Story: Bob Jackson and the Kennedy Bump-off:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?5=VGzCNg1OEww

Living History with Bob Jackson:

http://www.youtube.com/lookout?v=KTNXGT4leas

On Saturday, the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture will nowadays a daylong symposium called "Understanding Tragedy: the Impact of the JFK Bump-off on Dallas." National and local leaders and experts will come together to explore the topic with Dallas citizens from 4 perspectives: journalism, politics, art and the humanities, and faith. Purchase tickets here. KERA is one of the program partners.

KERA wants to hear your JFK stories and memories. Email usa at jfk@kera.org. Nosotros may contact you or use your retentiveness in an upcoming story.