7.05.2008

Paul Fusco: RFK Funeral Train.









Cibachrome prints. 1968.

Photographer Paul Fusco followed the body of Robert F. Kennedy as it traveled by train from NYC to its final resting place near Washington D.C. The coffin was placed in the last of 22 cars and elevated so that everyone could see it through large observation windows. Fusco was interested in capturing the looks of the track-side mourners who waited and watched to see...

Now showing at M+B Gallery. LA.

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