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Photographic Presidents - Making History from Daguerreotype to Digital (Hardcover)
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Photographic Presidents - Making History from Daguerreotype to Digital (Hardcover)
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Defining the Chief Executive via flash powder and selfie sticks
Lincoln’s somber portraits. Lyndon Johnson’s swearing in.
George W. Bush’s reaction to learning about the 9/11 attacks.
Photography plays an indelible role in how we remember and define
American presidents. Throughout history, presidents have actively
participated in all aspects of photography, not only by sitting for
photos but by taking and consuming them. Cara A. Finnegan ventures
from a newly-discovered daguerreotype of John Quincy Adams to
Barack Obama’s selfies to tell the stories of how presidents have
participated in the medium’s transformative moments. As she
shows, technological developments not only changed photography, but
introduced new visual values that influence how we judge an image.
At the same time, presidential photographs—as representations of
leaders who symbolized the nation—sparked public debate on these
values and their implications.An original journey through political
history, Photographic Presidents reveals the intertwined evolution
of an American institution and a medium that continues to define
it.
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