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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that photographs of Donald Trump taken during the failed attempt to assassinate him have been acclaimed as "immediately legendary"?

Article is currently too focused on Evan Vucci's photographs

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The lead and first sentence of the article is currently singularly focused on Associated Press photographer Evan Vucci:

Evan Vucci, an American photojournalist, captured a series of photographs of...

However there were several photographers present who all took various photos of the shooting and the raised fist. All of their output was shared in the aftermath and analyzed as iconic photography of the moment.

New York Times: The still images of the assassination attempt — by Doug Mills of The New York Times, and by photographers from The Associated Press and Reuters — tell another story.
Time: Various iterations of these images, taken by several photojournalists, continue to be shared. One of those photographs, taken by Associated Press photojournalist Evan Vucci, was chosen to appear on the cover of TIME.

Photographers there included, at least: Brendan McDermid - Reuters, Gene J. Puskar - AP, Evan Vucci - AP, Doug Mills - NYT, Anna Moneymaker - Getty

Now, perhaps that particular best Vucci photograph has become the subject of the article. In that case the article should be re-titled to Donald Trump raised-fist photograph, singular, or to the actual title that the author has assigned to that particular work.

But as the current title is "photographs", plural, the other photographers and raised-fist photographs should be included in the article per their similar analysis in reliable third-party sources.

Perhaps too the article should be extended past the "raised fist" photos to include the other big ones from that day. Namely, the photograph of the speeding bullet by Mills and the photo of him on the floor by Moneymaker. Something like Photographs of the Donald Trump assassination attempt.

Axios: After the Trump rally shooting, three images stood out immediately. They've come to be known in newsrooms as the "Evan photo" by AP's Evan Vucci, the "Anna photo" by Getty's Anna Moneymaker, and "the bullet photo" by the New York Times' Doug Mills.

PK-WIKI (talk) 07:46, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This same issue was raised by @GreenC in the archive: Talk:Donald_Trump_raised-fist_photographs/Archive_1#Vucci_.._only? CC others in that discussion: @Bremps, @MetropolitanIC, @Levivich, @Space4Time3Continuum2x, @CheeseyHead
I support something like Photography of attempted assassination of Donald Trump per the reliable sources covering the various output of all 3+ photographers rather equally. PK-WIKI (talk) 22:35, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The article favors one photograph and photographer, despite numerous reliable sources for 4 or more excellent sets of photos, that all have contributed to the social capital of the event. It wasn't a contest you know? Yet we picked a historical winner almost immediately. A red flag of bias and WP:CRYSTAL. The two suggested titles forget there have been multiple assassination attempts. Maybe something like Photography of 2024 Trump rally assassination attempt - added a date because it's useful long after people forget what "trump rally assassination attempt" refers to. I used "assassination attempt" because "attempted assassination" is needlessly longer, and "assassination attempt" mirrors the official sources of what happened, it's more common terminology. This suggested title is more precise, more informative, and better describes the topic. Explained in WP:CRITERIA (policy) the five criteria in choosing titles. -- GreenC 03:16, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
That would be a fine article to have. It's not this article. —Cryptic 04:37, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I agree that the concentration on Vucci is undue and not supported by the sources. The article is a mix of content dealing with photographs taken by photographers working for Associated Press, Reuters, and individual newspapers, including Vucci. The one used in the infobox seems to have emerged at the head of the pack of photographs touted as iconic. The article also cites newspaper articles but uses the format for books, so that needs to be fixed. I just spot-checked a few of the cited articles. They printed other raised-fist photographs, too, and the article, such is this one in the Washington Post mentions other photographers by name.
Then The title of the article is fine. The photo of the bullet that flew past Trump didn't get much publicity, and it is mentioned in Attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania#Photographs. Space4TCatHerder🖖 15:22, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Moneymaker's photo on the ground without a fist is one of TIME’s Top 10 Photos of 2024, and the only one from this event. PK-WIKI (talk) 18:14, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
All of the photographs taken that day are probably copyrighted (see the licensing info at image file). I remember the discussions about whether, where, and how we're allowed the low-res image we're currently using. Trying to replace it with another photo would be difficult. Doesn't really matter which photo we display, IMO, as long as the article explains that it's one of the "iconic" photos taken taken that day. Space4TCatHerder🖖 19:06, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The sources are clearly about multiple photographs and explicitly raise up ones other than the Vucci one as important and prominent as well. Having the article revolve around just one photograph is therefore a violation of WP:DUE and a misrepresentation of the available sources. Either rename and change the article to be explicitly and only about the Vucci photograph or fix the text so that it is about all the prominent photographs. SilverserenC 18:24, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Any higher resolution image?

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For a photot thats as the article lead reports (and i agree), will likely become one of the most iconic photos of the whole decade (they say era but I'll be more specific), its a shame how low the resolution is. Is there any higher replacement available? I'm not that confident about whats copyrighted and whats not so I'll only go looking if no one else replies to this in like 2 months or so. AssanEcho (talk) 21:10, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Because of WP:NFI guidelines, that's really the highest resolution we're allowed to legally have. EF5 21:29, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry for the late reply. Are there really no non copyrighted alternatives taken by other photographers? I'll look myself in the meantime while I wait for your response but if there isn't, soory for taking up your time with this question. AssanEcho (talk) 03:50, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
They wouldn't be this specific image, which is the subject of this article. —Cryptic 01:15, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The subject of the article is photographs plural; see discussion above; if any of the several photographer who shot the event has released a Creative Commons image we should use it here. PK-WIKI (talk) 01:57, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The subject of the article is very specifically Vucci's series of photographs, and always has been. You're welcome to write another article about other photographs taken at the event. —Cryptic 02:13, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
They would all be depicting the same subject, the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. So while Vucci's photos are the most famous, this article does go into the simularity the photos have with those of other famous photographs. You are correct about the article being about Vucci but perhaps we could expand the article to being about all the photos in general. AssanEcho (talk) 04:47, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The Vucci photograph, the subject of this page, seems the long-term historically significant and iconic photograph of the day. Randy Kryn (talk) 10:46, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
If the article is about only Vucci's photography, it should be moved to a different title. PK-WIKI (talk) 17:08, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
To make way for what? There aren't (so far as I know) any other photographs depicting Trump with a raised fist that we'd have an article about, certainly not any taken at the assassination attempt. —Cryptic 17:17, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Doug Mills for the The New York Times and by Anna Moneymaker for Getty also shot notable and widely used photos of his raised fist following the same assassination attempt.
CBC: Yet the work of The Associated Press's Evan Vucci, Getty's Anna Moneymaker and Doug Mills of The New York Times — whose picture caught apparent evidence of a bullet whizzing past Trump's head — proved the enduring potency of still photography.
NBC: "Four photographers shot iconic images when gunfire rang out at Trump rally"
The notable output of all of the press photographers seems to have been covered rather equally in the aftermath of the event. Article title is not currently WP:PRECISE enough to define the article as only the Vucci photo(s). PK-WIKI (talk) 22:22, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
None of those both depict Trump with a raised fist and have received anywhere near the coverage to merit an article. (Mills' photo did get an article in the NYT, but then, he works for them.) Mills' actually-(nearly)-notable photo is the one showing the bullet, and Moneymaker's actually-(nearly)-notable photo is the closeup of Trump on the ground. And it doesn't matter for the purposes of this section anyway since neither of them are going to release a freely-licensed image. Their livelihood is selling these images. If you can convince them to do otherwise, I'll be the first to congratulate you. And if you want to write a draft about one of the other raised-fist photos, well, you're welcome to waste your time; it won't survive in articlespace. —Cryptic 23:00, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This discussion isn't getting us closer to getting a higher resolution photo. All such photos, by Vucci, or any other professional photographers are very very non-free. —Alalch E. 23:35, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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