Grandson of Gerald R. Ford peers out into the crowd of citizens gathered to pay their respects to the former President on Wednesday, January 3, 2007.
Jonathan August Ford, born November 29, 1999, son of John ("Jack") Gardner Ford and his wife, Juliann Felando.
Photo Credit: Brad Gillette
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This photo was taken on January 3, 2007.
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docksidepress, Lú_, TFDOTR, 0zzie, and 101 other people added this photo to their favorites.
numstead (66 months ago | reply)
no way! a little John Kennedy Junior homage there?
docksidepress (66 months ago | reply)
The bar has been set quite high for the balance of '07. I'm gob-smacked. Bravo!!
Lú_ (66 months ago | reply)
that is quite the moment to have caught - bravo!
Brad Gillette (66 months ago | reply)
For the past three days I have been stalking David Hume Kennerly, trying to get a photograph of him with his lens pointed towards me. Every time I have been either on the wrong side of the motorcade, or he decides to "chimp" at the exact moment he enters my viewfinder (Yes, that's right, even Pulitzer Prize winning David Hume Kennerly "chimps"). In the end though, I think this shot more than makes up for it.
numstead (66 months ago | reply)
call me ignorant, but what is "chimp"?
Brad Gillette (66 months ago | reply)
@Numstead - Chimping is when you're shooting digital and pause to review the photos you have just taken. In some groups it is considered amatuer because some belive that a true photographer knows whether or not he has gotten the shot at the moment he releases the shutter, and shouldn't have to review them...personally, I think it's a-okay to chimp.
numstead (66 months ago | reply)
thanks, thats hilarious
farlane (66 months ago | reply)
Super shot Brad. Did anyone pick it up for publication?
If Kennerly chimps, it must be OK.
0zzie (66 months ago | reply)
excellent journalism photograph...
Please add this image to the Americans en Tableaux
Black & White Pool
sandig.urbanspace (66 months ago | reply)
beautiful shot!
Alexandria McAtee Photography (66 months ago | reply)
Love this
Levan Kakabadze (tabu) (66 months ago | reply)
amazing! fantastic mood! love this photo!
Seen In Interestingness
Erin Morse (66 months ago | reply)
Your time paid off here...good work.
mellowhummer (66 months ago | reply)
Mr. Gillette, you have an awesome capture here. Nice work!
lubart (66 months ago | reply)
Intense!
thodue (66 months ago | reply)
the whole g.r. ford set is a great documentary. to me is this photo one of the best in the set.
Dominique Robert (66 months ago | reply)
Quite a few of those pictures are really good, Brad, and whether or not that kid is actually saluting (which, IMO, is debatable), it looks like he is and that's what makes a great photo. Congratulations, this is newsmagazine stuff !
Garry Corbett (66 months ago | reply)
An iconic image...
Finiky (66 months ago | reply)
great shot~
Pacdog (66 months ago | reply)
You did catch a moment there. Nicely done.
_mpd_ [deleted] (66 months ago | reply)
numstead beat me to it.
Patrick Houlihan (66 months ago | reply)
Excellent shot. This one alone makes your time and effort on this project worthwhile.
mclgreenville / memorymotel (66 months ago | reply)
This should be framed.
Great.
gtiddia (66 months ago | reply)
Amazing! Bellissima!
DRIVR.be (66 months ago | reply)
Photojournalism at its best.
Sincere compliments.
Laniee75 (66 months ago | reply)
Great shot Brad! You are a great photographer...I can learn a lot from you :)
guadags (66 months ago | reply)
genial!!
Pato de las Montañas (66 months ago | reply)
its photos like these that really motivate me to go into photojournalism! great shot!
craigbier [deleted] (66 months ago | reply)
touching image
grabs the heart and soul
are you my rik? (66 months ago | reply)
that's one cool shot...excellent eyes and ready finger! =]
grahamhutch (66 months ago | reply)
Great capture - a poignant moment.
S.A. Young (66 months ago | reply)
a moment in time.
great shot.
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Seen in your .:Gerald R. Ford:. set. (?)
deVos (66 months ago | reply)
Reminds me of the famous salute by John Kennedy Jr at his fathers funeral in 1963. Sublime capture!
Dangeresque [deleted] (66 months ago | reply)
i wonder what's going on in that kid's mind.
Hotash (66 months ago | reply)
This is one of those "classic" photos that will be around for a long while.
Very nicely documented set
(found in Flickr blog)
Cliff Michaels (66 months ago | reply)
For those of us old enough to remember, this photo instantly brings to mind the iconic shot of John Kennedy, Jr., saluting his father's body in 1963... BTW, yours is a very good shot and the set is impressive.
peter_panamint (65 months ago | reply)
Wonderful photo, moment in time.
H@shim A ™ (65 months ago | reply)
just saw this Yahoo! news photos... nice job on this.
Brad Gillette (65 months ago | reply)
Where in Yahoo News? Do you have a link?
H@shim A ™ (65 months ago | reply)
hope the link works...
news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/2908/im:/070104/phot os_ywitness/...
Brad Gillette (65 months ago | reply)
Thanks!
KingVitaman (57 months ago | reply)
This is flat-out the best capture I've seen on flickr. Ever.
0zzie (49 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Street Portrait Classics.... The Book, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Please add this image and join the group... You must provide a higher resolution image to be published in the book...
saul.davis (49 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Secret World of Boys, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
tsienni (36 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Humanistic, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
wiggiewormdog (35 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called sad world, and we'd love to have this added to the group!