The most famous photograph of our lifetime (so far)

[Spider-Dan]

Donald J. Trump is scheduled to be arraigned in Fulton County tomorrow on charges of attempting to illegally overturn the 2020 election in Georgia.  Mug shots of his accused co-conspirators (including Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman, among others) have already been released.  Trump's previous arraignments have not required him to take a mug shot, but this one will; as such, Trump's mug shot will undoubtedly be the most famous photograph taken since any of us were born.

I'm interested in seeing whether the Friday edition of the NY Times runs Trump's mug shot on A1 above the fold, as befits the occasion.  I doubt it, as they are currently trying to downplay Trump's multiple criminal indictments as boring.

[Fau Teixeira]

chances the mug shot is on the cover of time ?

[Spider-Dan]

99.44%

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

the most iconic photo of my lifetime was on the front page of the nyt on sept 12 2001, this one doesn’t compare.

[Fau Teixeira]

the most iconic photo of my lifetime was on the front page of the nyt on sept 12 2001, this one doesn’t compare.

That's true, however people born since then can legally drink so we're old as fuck

[Brian Fein]

That's true, however people born since then can legally drink so we're old as fuck

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

That's true, however people born since then can legally drink so we're old as fuck

I am not  even sure if a mug of Trump beats out a man carrying a confederate flag in the capital on Jan 6 as an era defining photo.

[Spider-Dan]

the most iconic photo of my lifetime was on the front page of the nyt on sept 12 2001, this one doesn’t compare.

While the 9/11 photos are certainly iconic, I think there are too many different photos of 9/11 for a specific one of them to be "the most famous picture".

The 9/12 NYT used this:


But I remember these two pictures more:





For me, the primary media memory of 9/11 is not any photo, but rather the video of the second plane flying into the tower.

[Dave Gray]

I immediately thought of 9/11 but there isn't a single photo.  The only one I could think of was "the falling man". 

9/11 was the bigger moment, but there is no definitive shot.  I think the mugshot might be it.

[Sunstroke]

^^^ I hope someone makes t-shirts.

[Dave Gray]

^^^ I hope someone makes t-shirts.

Dude, Etsy is going to break tonight.

[Dave Gray]

I am not  even sure if a mug of Trump beats out a man carrying a confederate flag in the capital on Jan 6 as an era defining photo.

I'm way deep in the weeds of politics and I don't know which picture you're referring to.


I don't think this even holds a candle but the one young guy yelling with the torch in Charlottesville was like...THE PHOTO of that incident.  Jan 6th and 9/11 were so widely covered that there isn't the one defining shot.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

I'm way deep in the weeds of politics and I don't know which picture you're referring to.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/01/confederates-in-the-capitol/617594/

[Spider-Dan]

I personally think the "definitive photo" of January 6th has to have the Q Shaman in it.

But again, even with Jan 6, there's the picture of the Capitol being swarmed... there's the picture of the insurrectionist with his feet up on Pelosi's desk... there's the picture of the guy in the House chamber wearing tactical gear with a bunch of zip-tie handcuffs... there are the Capitol Police being crushed against the door... there are so many pictures of that event that it's hard to just pick one.

The mugshot is different.  This will be either the only mugshot, or the first one.  That's as definitive as it gets.

[Spider-Dan]

And here it is, in all its glory:



Lock him up.