Photographic presidents : : making history from daguerreotype to digital / / Cara A. Finnegan.
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 pre...
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| Superior document: | Illinois scholarship online |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Urbana : : University of Illinois Press,, 2021. |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Illinois scholarship online.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 online resource) |
| Notes: | Also issued in print: 2021. |
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| Summary: | 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 symbolised 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. |
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| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0252053249 0252043790 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Cara A. Finnegan. |