Mike Evans’ contact sheets reveal the wide chasm between the quotidian nature of a presidential event and the chaotic enormity of an assassination attempt.
Tag: Ronald Reagan
Alexander Haig (1924-2010)
After the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan in March 1981, his Secretary of State […]
When Putin met Reagan
Does this picture show Putin, as undercover KGB operative on Red Square spying on Ronald Reagan during his 1988 visit to Moscow?
You, too, can kiss off Carter
In ’76, Democratic nominee for president, Jimmy Carter criticized detente and claimed he would drive […]
The Reagans on VF
Photographer Harry Benson, who has taken pictures of every president since Eisenhower, remembers the above […]
Reagan Tears Down the Wall
On June 12th 1987, in a speech at the Brandenburg Gate commemorating the 750th anniversary of Berlin, President […]