[Bank Robber Aiming at Security Camera, Cleveland, Ohio]

United Press International

March 8, 1975 · Gelatin silver print · Photographs

This startling photograph captures a robber firing his pistol at a bank camera to prevent it from recording his identity. Although he and his accomplices absconded with $11,600 in the heist, the gunman was too slow for the ever-watchful eye of the security camera, which caught his face right before the shot rang out, enabling authorities to identify their suspect.

Artist

United Press International

Date

March 8, 1975

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Department

Photographs

Credit line

Twentieth-Century Photography Fund, 2015