Patrick Witty

Chief photo editor at The White House. Past lives with The New York Times, TIME, WIRED, and National Geographic.

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I took this photo twenty years ago on 9/11, just as the South Tower began to collapse. I’ve identified seven people in the photo. Please help find the rest. #911Anniversary

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Echoes of Beto by Annie Leibovitz, or Reagan by Aaron Shikler

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Fired up. Ready to go.

It’s time to take back Texas.

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@TodayinHistory “It was my fifteen minutes of fame,” Lasher told me.

https://t.co/N2BOnGNY77

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Photo of @mcuban, @DrOzCMS and @POTUS by White House photographer Joyce N. Boghosian

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I’ve watched firsthand how focused this team is on making life more affordable for American families.

As of today, https://t.co/uarczpuEVC has already helped save Americans more than $400 million and we just added 600 more medications to the program.

Our President is demanding transparency and choice, which helps bring economic freedom.

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On May 18, 1980, Richard “Dick” Lasher stopped his car on Forest Road 26 and made this photo of Mount St. Helens erupting. Seconds later, he abandoned the Pinto and escaped on his motorcycle.

Lasher survived. The red Pinto did not.

“It was my fifteen minutes of fame,” Lasher told me.

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It was too late for Dick Lasher to turn around his Pinto, so he jumped on his Yamaha and fled the plume of ash.

“By the time he unhooked his dirt bike his Pinto was on fire,” his buddy Cliff Smith told me.

https://t.co/N4Cew0uKSJ

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On May 18, 1980, Richard “Dick” Lasher stopped his car on Forest Road 26 and made this photo of Mount St. Helens erupting. Seconds later, he abandoned the Pinto and escaped on his motorcycle.

Lasher survived. The red Pinto did not.

“It was my fifteen minutes of fame,” Lasher told me.

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Another banger from May 18, 1980: Robert Morgan’s photo of Jim Hobson water skiing as Mount St. Helens erupted behind him.

“As we skied into view of the mountain and saw the eruption, we stopped the boat and sat there staring for a while,” he told @thatoregonlife

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RIP Reid Blackburn, one of two photographers killed that day. Blackburn was eight miles from the eruption, fired off four frames, then took cover in his car, which was discovered four days later.

This is Blackburn’s car, a 1969 Volvo 144, buried under the ash.

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@EricTrump @LaraLeaTrump 👏🏻 @dto_rok

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Should go without saying, but this image is AI-generated.

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@houseinhabit @MsMelChen @NYMag “Crack flash”

Mark Peterson (the photographer) has been temporarily blinding politicians with his strobe for years.

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Byron Schumaker’s take from Nixon’s visit to the Great Wall in 1972. RIP contact sheets

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Looking back at Nixon’s 1972 trip to China. Pat Nixon’s signature red coat makes this photo by Ollie Atkins sing

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Looks like Byron Schumaker brought a Widelux on the trip

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White House photographer Byron Schumaker trailed FLOTUS on the 1972 trip to China

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Nixon using chopsticks by Ollie Atkins

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Love how Atkins worked this scene. 21 is ok but 25 is special. via @NixonLibrary

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@alexi one day at a time 🙏🏻

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Someone at TIME magazine doctored Filo’s photo, infamously removing the pole behind Mary Ann Vecchio’s head.

The evidence of this can be found on the back of the original doctored print…

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Ralph Solonitz, a Kent State student, made this rarely-seen photo after the massacre on May 4, 1970.

It was taken in the same spot as John Filo’s iconic @PulitzerPrizes winning photo.