Slide Show: 'JFK November 22, 1963: A Bystander's View of History,' at the I.C.P. : The New Yorker

Slide Show: 'JFK November 22, 1963: A Bystander's View of History,' at the I.C.P. : The New Yorker:

 In this week’s issue of the magazine, Adam Gopnik writes about the assassination of J.F.K, fifty years later.

The events of November 22, 1963, have been pored over endlessly, and Abraham Zapruder’s infamous footage of the shooting remains one of the most studied pieces of film in the world. Shot innocuously at a time when it was still novel to own a camera, it emphasized questions about individuals’ documentation of historic events, and about the role that these materials play in cultural narratives, especially those as significant J.F.K.’s death.