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James William " Ike " Altgens (/ ˈɑːlt.ɡənz /; [1] April 28, 1919 – December 12, 1995) was an American photojournalist, photo editor, and field reporter for the Associated Press (AP) based in Dallas, Texas, who became known for his photographic work during the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy (JFK).
The chronology of one of the most famous photographs in history has been deliberately obscured. Much has been written and speculated as to the authenticity and timing of the photographs taken by James “Ike” Altgens, an Associated Press photographer, on November 22, 1963.
Nov 8, 2023 · This is the last professional picture made of the president while he was still alive and the first of three taken by AP Dallas Wirephoto operator James W. “Ike” Altgens, who would phone in the news of the assassination he was about to witness.
- The Movements of James Altgens
- What Really Happened?
- Checking Out The Scene
- Bill and Gayle Newman
- Looking For A Phone
- The Trask Time Line
- Someone Grabbed His Camera
- Problems with The Official Timeline
- The Roy Schaeffer Time Line
- Why The Alterations Were Made in Dallas
In May 1964, two key articles were published which brought national attention to 42 year old James “Ike” Altgens and his photograph. The first was Dom Bonafede’s “A picture with a life of its own”, published in the New York Herald Tribune on May 24, which detailed Jones Harris’ quest to find out who the man in the doorway really was. The second was...
Over the years, most researchers have accepted the official version, and have never questioned the timing involved. Richard Trask interviewed Altgens back in 1985 and maintained contact with him over the years for his 1994 volume Pictures of the Pain. His time line for Altgens and his photographs, has been accepted without questioning the logistics...
3. Makes sure there are no other victims for him to photograph. (Ibid) 4. Comes down from the grassy knoll and calmly stands at the north curb for a few minutes. (Ibid) Altgens calmly walking down past the Newmans to the sidewalk and curb of Elm Street.
Ike Altgens (back towards the camera) in one of the Cancellare photographs Bill and Gayle Newman estimated they were on the ground for 3 minutes. Gayle, however, stated in an affidavit taken on 11/22 that they got up and laid down a second time. This could have stretched this closer to 5 minute
6. Locates a “nearby phone” and makes phone call to his office to inform that he has witnessed the assassination (FBI 6/2/64 DL100-10461) (anywhere from 5-10 minutes). Every member of the media was scrambling to find a phone – witness Robert McNeil who went into the TSBD looking for one! Phones were at a premium in Dealey Plaza. 7. After talking to...
The 1994 book by Richard Trask, Pictures of the the Pain, dedicated an entire chapter titled “The AP Man”, to the Altgen6 photograph. Trask had Altgens arriving at his office at AP by 12:39PM, and then sticking around for a few moments to take phone calls to relay what he had witnessed. Afterward he was sent to Parkland Hospital with AP photographe...
Another issue that is not explained by Trask, is that if someone grabbed his camera as he entered the AP offices, it had to have been because they already knew about his pictures, of which he informed Johnson in his phone call beforehand, while he was still in the field. The “someone” who grabbed his camera was never identified, despite Altgens hav...
This FBI Report by itself derails the Trask time line: The obvious question that needs to be answered here is why the FBI misrepresented the time the cropped Altgens6 was sent out on the wire on November 22, 1963. In his Warren Commission testimony, Altgens made it quite clear that Secret Service men and motorcycle policemen went up the embankment ...
Recently, Mr. Roy Schaeffer and this author have painstakingly reviewed and revisited the Trask time line and Altgens’ FBI and Warren Commission interviews. Roy grew up in Dayton, Ohio and was reared in the newspaper business. In the 1950’s his father was president of the typographical union in Dayton, Ohio, where his responsibilities included nego...
In completing our discussion of the Altgens time line it is important to establish when his images showed up in newspapers that day. The first Altgens photos that were published on the East coast and middle America newspapers were the Altgens4 and Altgens7. Here is a sampling: Altgens7: OKC Times, The Evening Press Binghamton, The Lowell Sun, Sprin...
The Kennedy Assassination and its aftermath as captured by the photographers of the Associated Press including three of Ike Altgens' images of Kennedy's final moments in Dallas.
Nov 25, 2022 · But the final still photography image of Kennedy still alive may well be this photo, taken by the late James William “Ike” Altgens, an American photojournalist, photo editor, and field reporter...
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Oct 5, 2005 · James W. "Ike" Altgens, a retired Associated Press photographer who witnessed the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and provided early word about it, has died at age 76.
