Associated Press photographer Andrew Medichini has covered the Vatican and three popes for 27 years. So Medichini has mastered snapping images of papal pomp. Medichini knew exactly where to position himself to capture this photo based on the wind for a potential candid shot of Pope Francis.
FILE - Pope Francis tries to catch his cap as wind blew it away while arriving for his weekly general audience in the St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2024. VATICAN CITY — Having covered the Vatican for 27 years — that’s three popes — Associated Press photographer Andrew Medichini has mastered snapping images of papal pomp.
To capture this photo, Medichini knew exactly where to position himself based on the wind for a potential candid shot of Pope Francis.After several years following popes in and out of the Vatican, you get to know where to be and how to anticipate the right frame according to the news or the conditions of the day — windy, sunny, rainy, etc.
The day I took this photo was rather quiet, no big names meeting the pope, no particular weather conditions. So, I decided to go to the spot where he enters St. Peter’s Square in the car and gets relatively close to me — and where there is always some wind channeled from the arch he drives through. I was lucky, his cap flew and, just at the right moment, he tried to catch it.The photo was taken from the first of the steps that lead to the churchyard at the entrance of St.
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