Photographic presidents : making history from daguerreotype to digital / Cara A. Finnegan.
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780252043796
- ISBN: 9780252085789
- Physical Description: xi, 280 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
- Publisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2021]
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Subject: | Presidents > United States > Portraits. Portrait photography > United States > History. Portraits, American. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Adams County Library System.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Gettysburg Library | 973.099 FINNEGAN (Text)
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Edmund W. Jr. and Ruth Mary Thomas Named Endowment, 2021
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