1973 Photo Contest - General News - 2nd prize
Photographer

Eddie Adams

Time

11 July, 1972

George Wallace, Governor of Alabama and US presidential candidate, speaks at the Democratic National Convention. During his campaign, Wallace was shot four times in an attempted assassination by Arthur Bremer and left permanently paralyzed.

About the photographer

Eddie Adams

The photographic career of American photojournalist Eddie Adams (New Kensington, Pennsylvania 1933 - New York City 2004) spanned 45 years, in which he covered every possible subj...

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