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Shooting a camera. In a fraction of a second, the camera's lens captures an image that will go down in history forever.
The photo of former President Donald Trump being arrested in an Atlanta jail on Thursday both created and documented an unprecedented event in American life as the first time this has happened in the country's history.
"This will be a moment that will forever symbolize what it means to live in this time," says Marty Kaplan, a professor at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication.
In the photo, Mr. Trump, frowning, looks directly into the camera against a soft gray background. He is wearing a blue suit, white shirt and red tie, with his shoulders inside the camera lens, his head tilted slightly from the camera. The sheriff's logo has been digitally added on his right shoulder.
Some of the 18 other defendants in the Georgia case were smiling in the arrest photos, but not Mr. Trump. His gaze is defiant, as if looking a hostile opponent in the eye.
"It's not a good feeling, especially when you haven't done anything wrong," he later told Fox News about the moment caught on camera.
A PHOTOGRAPH LIKE NO OTHER
Former President Trump's impeachment has become commonplace in 2023 for Americans who have watched him appear before a judge in a New York courtroom or seen footage from inside federal courthouses in Miami and Washington, where cameras are off. are allowed.
This time it's different.
As journalist Anderson Cooper said on CNN television: "The former president of the United States has an identification number that is given to prisoners." The number is: P01135809. But until the case in Georgia, his fourth indictment this year, he had been able to avoid an arrest photo, which millions of other defendants before him are subject to.
Despite the fact that Mr. Trump, like all Americans, is innocent until proven guilty in court; the arrest picture, and all that it implies, has an additional emotional and cultural charge.
The arrest photograph is an important part of the criminal justice system. It is a symbol of lost freedom. It commemorates forever one of the worst days of a person's life. Especially for a person who was born into a rich family, this picture is not even thought to happen in your life, especially when it comes to a person who is publicly known to like to be in control of life situations, which is very attentive to his image and who became the most powerful figure in the world.
“Aktpadi” është një fjalë që nuk përcjell ngarkesë emocionale. Fjalët janë të zbehta përballë fotografive”, tha Marty Kaplan, që dikur ishte këshilltar i ish-nënpresidentit Walter Mondale që shkruante fjalimet e tij, si edhe skenarist i Hollivudit. “Fotografia e arrestimit është një zhanër më vehte. Është si një paradë e turpit”.
ISH-PRESIDENTI SHFRYTËZON SITUATËN
Zoti Trump nuk ka gjasa ta trajtojë fotografinë e arrestimit si një disavantazh, ndërsa kërkon një mandat të dytë në Shtëpinë e Bardhë, dhe përballet me katër aktpadi. Fushata e tij ka raportuar një rritje të kontributeve sa herë që ai është paditur.
Muaj përpara se të fotografohej në Xhorxhia të enjten në mbrëmje, fushata e tij përdori mundësinë e një fotografie të tillë si një mjet për mbledhjen e fondeve. Për 36 dollarë, çdokush mund të blejë një bluzë me një foto të rreme të arrestimit të zotit Trump që gjithashtu përmban mbishkrimin “i pafajshëm”.
Tani ata kanë një fotografi të vërtetë të cilën mund ta shfrytëzojnë. Brenda pak minutash nga publikimi i fotografisë, fushata e ish presidentit Trump e përdori atë në një apel për mbledhjen e fondeve në faqen e internetit të fushatës së tij.
Historia moderne është plot me politikanë që kërkojnë të pëfitojnë nga fotot e tyre të arrestimit. Ata i kanë bërë ato duke u buzëqeshur dhe janë përpjekur të shfrytëzojnë sa më mirë situatën në të cilën u gjendën.
However, Mr. Trump is one of the 45 presidents of the United States. Seeing his face in an arrest photo is a powerful moment.
"Photographs have an undeniable power," said Mitchell Stevens, a professor at New York University who has written a book about the place images occupy in modern society and how they are replacing words.
"It captures a moment, and in this case it's an unhappy moment for Donald Trump," Mr Stevens said. "It's not something he can avoid. It's not something he can just brush off. That moment will live on, and it's entirely possible that it will end up being the image that history preserves for this man." /VOA
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