Presidents Herbert Clark Hoover and George Walker Bush were
challenged many times during their political careers. "On Floods
and Photo Ops: How Herbert Hoover and George W. Bush Exploited
Catastrophes" focuses on the visual record of two such tests: the
relief efforts led by Commerce Secretary Hoover during the 1927
Mississippi River flood and the Bush team's response to Hurricane
Katrina?. By concentrating on these two historic events, Paul
Martin Lester? discusses political photography, particularly the
use of photo ops during catastrophes. He illuminates the evolution
of a genre and explores the differences and similarities between
these two American politicians. Hoover and Bush reached the
pinnacle of political achievement, only to lose in the court of
popular opinion.From two photo ops that occurred almost eighty
years apart, Lester offers a model for close readings and
comparisons of images in practicing visual history. Under Lester's
examination, these otherwise unremarkable photographs speak volumes
about political response to natural disasters. He offers readers
not just a deeper appreciation of these pictures but a methodology
for seriously studying photographs and what they can reveal about a
historical moment.
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