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Christopher Morris—VII for TIME
Jan. 17, 2012. President Obama unexpectedly runs into the First Lady on her birthday in the basement of the White House.
Warm Springs, Ga. April 1939. Cigarette holder at a jaunty angle, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt sits at the wheel of his car, fielding questions at an outdoor news conference. (AP)
An exhibit of Associated Press images of American Presidents opens today at Federal Hall in Manhattan. It will be on view through 2012. More information is available here.
Ron Edmonds—AP
Of the first frame he made of the President, Edmonds recalled: “Just as I got ready to press the shutter down and take the picture, he waved, [and] the first shot rang out. I didn’t know they were shots initially — they sounded like firecrackers. I saw him grimace, and that’s when I pushed the shutter down, and I held it down.”
Today is the anniversary of the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan. Learn more about Ron Edmonds’ Pulitzer-winning photos of the event here.
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