Presidents and photographic history
To mark Presidents' Day, we talked about an overlooked aspect of the American presidency — the way the institution affected photography, and how America itself was influenced by the way presidents have been photographed. We were joined by a historian of photography and author of Photographic Presidents: Making History from Daguerreotype to Digital.
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Cara Finnegan
Historian focusing on the role of photography in public life | Professor & Associate Head, Dept. of Communication, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | Author, Photographic Presidents: Making History from Daguerreotype to Digital | Co-host, "Chatting the Pictures"
Celebrate President's Day by looking at the evolution of photography through its interactions with U.S. presidents.
— U of I College of LAS (@LASillinois) February 15, 2021
Cara Finnegan of @IllinoisComm examines it in her new book, "Photographic Presidents: Making History from Daguerreotype to Digital."
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