

The footage of JFK riding in the car is haunting for contemporary viewers who know where the drive leads, even though it never quite gets there.


Kennedy driving near the grassy knoll but never experiencing the fatal bullet wound. Similarly, Untitled #7 (16mm) is an 11-second loop showing President John F. However, in Azzarella’s image, the tanks are removed, and the man is left isolated in the middle of the street, seemingly out of the way of danger ( FIGURE 7.1). In Widener’s image, the man is face-to-face with several Type 59 tanks during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. In his still image, Untitled #15 (Tank Man), Azzarella re-creates the scene from Tiananmen Square, originally photographed by Associated Press photographer Jeff Widener. For instance, Josh Azzarella’s still and video works use manipulation to revise historic events by way of deletion. Foundations of Digital Art and Design with Adobe Creative Cloud, 2nd EditionĪlthough visual reporters need to handle digital manipulations with caution and care, artists often use these tools to create commentary on popular media and historic subject matter.
