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Television, like the Internet later, radically changed our perceptions of near and far versus actual distance and was touted for promising the possibility of collective global transmission and reception. This photograph captures the original strangeness of the satellite feed that is so common today - especially on the nightly news - that it is hardly noticed.
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Title: [Robert F. Kennedy Conversing with Ronald Reagan via Satellite Television]
Artist:
Unknown (American)
Date: 1967
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 16.9 x 22.3cm (6 5/8 x 8 3/4 in.)
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Funds from various donors, 2001
Object Number: 2001.515
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