"Amelia Earhart and Navigator Fred Noonan" (sent via radio)
Associated Press
United States, established 1846
July 5, 1937
A gelatin silver print photograph showing two seated people captured by a news agency to convey a quiet, human moment connected to a contemporary aviation headline.
You first notice the halftone-like grain and vertical streaks that veil a candid exchange between the figures, giving the scene a slightly mediated, newspaper-printed intimacy.
As a 1937 wire-service image, it exemplifies how press photography brought intimate, humanized glimpses of headline-making events to a mass audience and helped shape public perception of modern life.
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
8 5/16 × 6 7/16" (21.2 × 16.3 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
The New York Times Collection
Accession
1928.2001
Palette
Exhibitions
