Paul Fusco: RFK Funeral Train Rediscovered
Organized by the Norton Museum of Art
February 13 - May 2, 2010

 

On June 5th, 1968, Robert Kennedy was assassinated in Los Angeles as he campaigned for the presidential nomination. Kennedy's body was flown to New York City for a memorial service at St. Patrick’s Cathedral and then carried by train from New York to Washington D.C. for burial at Arlington National Cemetery. Hundreds of thousands of mourners lined the railway tracks to pay their final respects to Kennedy. On board the train was Magnum photographer Paul Fusco, on assignment for LOOK Magazine. From inside the train, Fusco took some 2000 pictures of the mourners—black, white, rich, poor, in large groups and on their own. The resulting images are one of the most powerful and affecting series of photographs ever taken. This commemorative edition of 20 images was printed in 2008 on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Kennedy’s assassination.

Left Image: Untitled, from RFK Funeral Train Rediscovered. Cibachrome. On loan from Ellen and Jerome Stern. Courtesy Danziger Projects.  Copyright Magnum Photos.  
Right Image: Untitled, from RFK Funeral Train Rediscovered. Cibachrome. On loan from Ellen and Jerome Stern. Courtesy Danziger Projects. Copyright Magnum Photos.  

Organized by the Norton Museum of Art.
This exhibition is made possible in part through the generosity of  Gilbert and Ann Maurer and the Priscilla and John Richman Endowment for American Art.
Media support provided by Sun Sentinel.