Photographic Presidents
Photographic Presidents Defining the Chief Executive via flash powder and selfie sticksLincoln's somber portraits. Bush's reaction to learning about the 9/11 attacks. Lyndon Johnson's swearing in.…
Specifikacia Photographic Presidents
Photographic Presidents
Defining the Chief Executive via flash powder and selfie sticksLincoln's somber portraits. Bush's reaction to learning about the 9/11 attacks. Lyndon Johnson's swearing in. George W.
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. Photography plays an indelible role in how we remember and define American presidents. 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