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Photographic presidents : making history from daguerreotype to digital / Cara A. Finnegan.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: xi, 280 pages, 15 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780252043796
  • 0252043790
  • 9780252085789
  • 0252085787
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Contents:
Part I: The daguerreotype presidents. Photographing George Washington -- Early Daguerreotypes in the U. S. and the nation's capital -- John Quincy Adams and national portraiture -- Part II: The snapshot president. Handheld photography and the halftone revolution -- William McKinley's last photographs -- Part III: The candid camera presidents. Visual news in the early twentieth century -- Herbert Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt, and the candid camera -- Part IV: The social media president. Changing visual media from the mid-twentieth century to the digital age -- Barack Obama and Flickr -- Conclusion: The portrait makes our president.
Summary: "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.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-265) and index.

"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.

Part I: The daguerreotype presidents. Photographing George Washington -- Early Daguerreotypes in the U. S. and the nation's capital -- John Quincy Adams and national portraiture -- Part II: The snapshot president. Handheld photography and the halftone revolution -- William McKinley's last photographs -- Part III: The candid camera presidents. Visual news in the early twentieth century -- Herbert Hoover, Franklin Roosevelt, and the candid camera -- Part IV: The social media president. Changing visual media from the mid-twentieth century to the digital age -- Barack Obama and Flickr -- Conclusion: The portrait makes our president.

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