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Obama : an intimate portrait / Pete Souza ; foreword by Barack Obama.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: First editionDescription: 349 pages : color illustrations ; 26 x 32 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780316512589
  • 0316512583
  • 9780316512596
  • 0316512591
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973.932092 23
Summary: "Obama: An Intimate Portrait reproduces more than 300 of Souza's most iconic photographs with fine-art print quality in an oversize collectible format. Together they document the most consequential hours of the Presidency--including the historic image of President Obama and his advisers in the Situation Room during the bin Laden mission--alongside unguarded moments with the President's family, his encounters with children, interactions with world leaders and cultural figures, and more."--Dust jacket.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Relive the extraordinary Presidency of Barack Obama through White House photographer Pete Souza's behind-the-scenes images and stories in this #1 New York Times bestseller -- with a foreword from the President himself.

During Barack Obama's two terms, Pete Souza was with the President during more crucial moments than anyone else -- and he photographed them all. Souza captured nearly two million photographs of President Obama, in moments highly classified and disarmingly candid. Obama: An Intimate Portrait reproduces more than 300 of Souza's most iconic photographs with fine-art print quality in an oversize collectible format.

Together they document the most consequential hours of the Presidency -- including the historic image of President Obama and his advisors in the Situation Room during the bin Laden mission -- alongside unguarded moments with the President's family, his encounters with children, interactions with world leaders and cultural figures, and more.

Souza's photographs, with the behind-the-scenes captions and stories that accompany them, communicate the pace and power of our nation's highest office. They also reveal the spirit of the extraordinary man who became our President. We see President Obama lead our nation through monumental challenges, comfort us in calamity and loss, share in hard-won victories, and set a singular example to "be kind and be useful," as he would instruct his daughters.

This book puts you in the White House with President Obama, and is a treasured record of a landmark era in American history.

"Obama: An Intimate Portrait reproduces more than 300 of Souza's most iconic photographs with fine-art print quality in an oversize collectible format. Together they document the most consequential hours of the Presidency--including the historic image of President Obama and his advisers in the Situation Room during the bin Laden mission--alongside unguarded moments with the President's family, his encounters with children, interactions with world leaders and cultural figures, and more."--Dust jacket.

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Publishers Weekly Review

Souza, who served as chief official White House photographer for President Obama's two terms, captures the grace of his former boss and the highs and lows of the job of commander-in-chief in this frank and powerful collection of images. Beginning with the eve of Obama's first inauguration and concluding with the inauguration of Donald Trump, Souza organizes the selections chronologically, noting significant events, such as Congress passing the Affordable Care Act, in chapter headings. Souza's images show Obama in mid-speech, in meetings with foreign dignitaries, and strategizing with members of his inner circle. He captures Obama comforting a Sandy Hook victim's family and, in a well-publicized image, bowing forward so an African-American boy can feel his hair. Photographs of Obama alone in moments of contemplation speak to the loneliness that can be an aspect of the presidency. Snapshots from the Obamas' vacations or casual occasions at the White House are among the most charming. Obama writes affectionately about Souza in the introduction, saying, "Pete became more than my photographer-he became my friend, confidant, and brother." In addition to being a collection of masterfully crafted images, the volume is a time capsule, capturing an era in pictures-one still fresh in collective memory. (Nov.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Pete Souza is a freelance photographer, born in 1954, and based in Washington D.C. His career includes Chief Official White House Photographer for President Obama, Director of the White House Photo Office, Assistant Professor of Photojournalism at Ohio University, national photographer for the Chicago Tribune, freelancer for National Geographic, and an Official White House Photographer for President Reagan. He is the author of Obama: An Intimate Portrait, The Rise of Barack Obama, and Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents.

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