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The job is all about anticipation’: behind the lens of the defining photo of the Trump rally shooting
Photographer Evan Vucci has been covering Trump for eight years. When he heard gunshots at a Pennsylvania rally he ran towards the stage
The job is all about anticipation’: behind the lens of the defining photo of the Trump rally shooting
Helen Sullivan
Monday 15 July 2023
It is a photograph that seems almost impossible: moments after a bullet grazes his ear, a former US president stands with his fist raised defiantly. The sky behind him is clear blue and an American flag flies overhead, fully in frame. The expressions on the faces of each secret service agents are clear and a smear of blood runs from Donald Trump’s ear to his cheek.