Manfred Linus Kreiner - Jacqueline Kennedy – Arrivée Officielle à Mexico, 1962

Title:
Jacqueline Kennedy – Official Arrival in Mexico, 1962

Description:
This photograph shows Jacqueline Kennedy during her official arrival in Mexico on June 29, 1962, at the outset of the American presidential couple’s state visit to Mexico.
Captured on the airport tarmac, the image presents Jackie Kennedy in an elegant and natural posture, amid the welcoming protocol organized for the presidential visit. In the background appear the soldiers, officials and spectators who came to witness the Kennedy couple’s arrival, bearing witness to the importance of this diplomatic event.
Manfred Linus Kreiner here seizes a particularly vivid and spontaneous moment: Jacqueline Kennedy turns her gaze toward the photographer’s lens, creating a direct and immediate connection with the scene. The framing, partly behind a foreground silhouette, reinforces the impression of a moment discreetly captured at the heart of action, in the tradition of 1960s grand photojournalism.
This image also reflects Jackie Kennedy’s international aura, who during these official travels became one of the most admired and heavily publicized figures of her era.
Print made from the original negative preserved in the photographer’s estate archives and authenticated by stamp on the back.
Edition: numbered 2/75, first print of the edition.

Technical details:
Year (taken): 1962
Print year: 2019
Technique: Fine Art print – Piezography Pro (14 inks)
Paper: Canson Infinity Photo Luster Premium RC Fine Art – 310 g/m²
Dimensions: 24 × 33 cm (9.45 × 13 in)
Edition: 75 copies
Copy no. 2 of the edition

Authentication:
Print authorized by the estate + stamp on the back
Handwritten numbering (2/75)

Condition:
Excellent condition — ready to be framed

A rare image from a body of work long unpublished, captured at the closest proximity to the great diplomatic visits of the Kennedy era. Direct testimony of the gaze of a photographer accredited to the heart of the international events of his time, this work offers an acquisition opportunity that is both historical and patrimonial.