“Even at its most candid and surprising, campaign photography involves some degree of performance and stagecraft. The challenge for political photographers is to take a contrived environment and find the revealing and unexpected moments. At Donald Trump’s July 13 rally in Butler, PA, an assassination attempt provided the unexpected in the most violent way. If the photographers around the stage knew that history was unfolding before them, Trump also understood the moment’s iconic potential, pumping his fist and shouting “Fight! Fight! Fight!” That scene, both for Trump’s supporters and detractors, may be the most remembered moment of the day. But, like much political image-making, it was that of a performance. The most candid image, I would argue, is this picture by Anna, of Trump on the ground, shielded by secret service, and still in shock. Like the best political photography, it was the picture that most cut through the stagecraft and showmanship, to find a powerful person at his most powerless.”