Paul Fusco Robert Kennedy funeral train. USA. 1968.
"The freedom to make pictures is essential to my being. When I boarded the train that carried RFK's body from New York to Washington for his burial in
(...) the Arlington National Cemetery, the press corps was not allowed to take pictures within the cars themselves. I was frustrated by my inability to record the event-until the train came out of the tunnel and into the light, and I saw the tracks lined with folks wanting to say goodbye to Bobby. By turning my camera outside of the train, and photographing these people, I created my own freedom to chronicle this important event in a way I had not anticipated when I received the assignment from Look magazine at the time."
- Paul Fusco © Paul Fusco | Magnum Photos
