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"If I had to, I would shoot," the officer said. "It's best not to think about it. Anyway, most cops never have a reason to shoot in their whole career. Let's hope I'm one of them."
"If I had to, I would shoot," the officer said. "It's best not to think about it. Anyway, most cops never have a reason to shoot in their whole career. Let's hope I'm one of them."

"If I had to, I would shoot," the officer said. "It's best not to think about it. Anyway, most cops never have a reason to shoot in their whole career. Let's hope I'm one of them."

Artist (American, 1929 - 2006)
Date1976
ClassificationsPhotograph
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensions8 x 10 in.
Credit LineCourtesy of Peter and Susan Chatzky
Object number2021.0268
"I'm all right if I don't look down." "They wouldn't be any better if we went clockwise." "Where's the elevator? I'm all turned round. " "Hi, Alice." "Stop thinking of it as a third of a mile! " "Let's come again and really look at the pictures." "This is going to be had to tear down."
"I'm all right if I don't look down." "They wouldn't be any better if we went clockwise." "Where's the elevator? I'm all turned round. " "Hi, Alice." "Stop thinking of it as a third of a mile! " "Let's come again and really look at the pictures." "This is going to be had to tear down."
Alan Dunn
1959
The man was found lying in the street. He will be sent to a hospital. “I don’t smoke, but I carry a pack with me. They’re useful in such situations,” said the officer
The man was found lying in the street. He will be sent to a hospital. “I don’t smoke, but I carry a pack with me. They’re useful in such situations,” said the officer
Leonard Freed
1976
"On the other hand, isn't it comforting to think that somewhere, deep in the eternal vaults of time, your whole earthly career lies recorded in the federal data bank?"
"On the other hand, isn't it comforting to think that somewhere, deep in the eternal vaults of time, your whole earthly career lies recorded in the federal data bank?"
Alan Dunn
1971
"Oh, come on, Louise! It's April. It's Paris. To hell with the gold balance! Let's blow ourselves to another aperitif!"
"Oh, come on, Louise! It's April. It's Paris. To hell with the gold balance! Let's blow ourselves to another aperitif!"
Alan Dunn
c 1965
"Oh, we're reading, I'm O.K., You're O.K. and I guess we are O.K., but I thinks its because of the martinis not the book."
"Oh, we're reading, I'm O.K., You're O.K. and I guess we are O.K., but I thinks its because of the martinis not the book."
Alan Dunn
1972
Military T.V. Shoot, Moscow
Military T.V. Shoot, Moscow
Jason Eskenazi
1998
I was born poor if I had not been a boy I would have had nothing to play with. (Times ain’t so hard, I’m holding my own)
I was born poor if I had not been a boy I would have had nothing to play with. (Times ain’t so hard, I’m holding my own)
Amos Paul Kennedy
n.d.
"I suppose if anyone had come to me back in '31 and said, "Livermore, you will be the Metropolitan Junior Marbles Champion at eight," I would have laughed."
"I suppose if anyone had come to me back in '31 and said, "Livermore, you will be the Metropolitan Junior Marbles Champion at eight," I would have laughed."
Alan Dunn
1933
"Come on, let's eat. It's getting leet."
"Come on, let's eat. It's getting leet."
Alan Dunn
1948
An officer told me, "I get home after a drunk has spewed all over me and the wife says I stink, she doesn't want me near her. I smell of vomit, shit."
An officer told me, "I get home after a drunk has spewed all over me and the wife says I stink, she doesn't want me near her. I smell of vomit, shit."
Leonard Freed
1976
American and South Vietnamese units are beginning to work together more often — but some think the result is an even greater dependence on U.S. troops, with no gain in Vietnamese efficiency. The Vietnamese are unwilling to give up a fraction of their command. One U.S. adviser said recently: “All I do now is settle disputes between them (Vietnamese) and the Americans.” Shown here is a combined operation between Vietnamese Rangers and the U.S. 199th Light Infantry Brigade on the edge of the Mekong Delta
American and South Vietnamese units are beginning to work together more often — but some think the result is an even greater dependence on U.S. troops, with no gain in Vietnamese efficiency. The Vietnamese are unwilling to give up a fraction of their command. One U.S. adviser said recently: “All I do now is settle disputes between them (Vietnamese) and the Americans.” Shown here is a combined operation between Vietnamese Rangers and the U.S. 199th Light Infantry Brigade on the edge of the Mekong Delta
Peter Arnett
1967
“I’ll show you how we spend our time,” said the homicide investigator, fingering a stack of cards with photos of wanted people. “What we do is mostly paper work. We show the photos in the neighborhood and hope someone will put the finger on a suspect.”
“I’ll show you how we spend our time,” said the homicide investigator, fingering a stack of cards with photos of wanted people. “What we do is mostly paper work. We show the photos in the neighborhood and hope someone will put the finger on a suspect.”
Leonard Freed
1976