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Patrick Witty
@patrickwitty.bsky.social
Chief Photo Editor at The White House. Former picture editor at The New York Times, international picture editor of TIME, Director of Photography at WIRED, and Deputy Director of Photography at National Geographic.

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Read more about the history of flags in photography, from Stanley Forman’s Soiling of Old Glory, to Yevgeny Khaldei’s Raising a Flag over the Reichstag…
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February 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Hoang Van Cuong also made this photo of Nick Ut on that tragic day in Trang Bang.
January 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
And for the record, the photo of "the stringer" is a heavy crop of an image taken by Hoang Van Cuong. He deserves credit too...
January 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I'll take flourescent ANY day over LED. The worst.
January 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Anyway, here's the piece, it has a wild ending I never expected.
The Departed, Lying In State
Revisiting photos of the solemn tradition that honors our late Presidents—leading to one former White House photographer's unexpected selfie.
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January 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
That led me to this one, by Bob Gomel. Tungsten forever.
January 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Oswald's sweater was black.

That's (one of the many) problems with "colorized" photos.
December 26, 2024 at 12:23 AM
The graphic violence on that platform will have profound and lasting effects on people. I've seen the worst of the worst throughout my career as a photo editor and am shocked daily. And it's monetized.
December 24, 2024 at 2:02 PM
Ugh sorry! My apologies...that version was was taken by Brennan Asplen. Here is yours...
December 23, 2024 at 6:05 PM
They'll keep parading him until the photographers stop showing up.

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The Perp Walk of Fame
Revisiting infamous perp walks from past as NYC rolls out the Blue Carpet for Luigi Mangione.
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December 23, 2024 at 4:48 PM