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| USSR. Russia. Moscow. Nikita Khrushchev and Richard Nixon.1959 |
Erwitt is said to be one of the masters of true, "in the moment" photography. And I think this picture is a damn good example of that. This picture comes from the height of the Cold War, where Richard Nixon is emphatically pointing a finger into the chest of Nikita Khrushchev. This is a pretty important image in the context of international diplomatic history, and shows just how tense the struggle between the US and the USSR was at some points.
It is interesting that Khrushchev, who was on the more open minded edge of the Soviets and pushed to allow freedom of expressions in the arts in Russia, should be captured in such a medium by such a renowned artist as Erwitt.
