{"product_id":"photographic-presidents-cara-a-finnegan-9780252043796","title":"Photographic Presidents: Making History from Daguerreotype to Digital Volume 1","description":"\u003cb\u003eDefining the Chief Executive via flash powder and selfie sticks\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003eAn original journey through political history, \u003ci\u003ePhotographic Presidents\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the intertwined evolution of an American institution and a medium that continues to define it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cara a. Finnegan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252043790\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252043796\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/18\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/26\/2021","brand":"Cara a. Finnegan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086448111871,"sku":"9780252043796","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8f65a98a-0aeb-4044-87a3-52bfe2d57319.jpg?v=1769094729","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/photographic-presidents-cara-a-finnegan-9780252043796","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}