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As one of today’s most influential political photographers, Christopher Anderson has enjoyed rare behind-the-scenes access to the inner workings of American political theater. Stump collects his color and black-and-white photographs from recent campaign trails--particularly from the 2012 Obama/Romney contest--that scrutinize the highly rehearsed rhetorical masks of, among others, Barack and Michelle Obama, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Newt Gingrich, Bill Clinton and others (including audience members at rallies). Removed from the context of reportage and sequenced here, these images accumulate a mesmerizing quality that is both frightening and hilarious. They are interspersed with other campaign-trail images, of fireworks, flags and other props of high pomp that attend such occasions. John Heilemann, author of the New York Times bestseller Game Change (on the 2008 presidential race), contributes an essay on Anderson’s work.

John Heilemann - One of America's most respected political reporters and commentators, whose #1 national best seller Game Change showcases the high human drama of the 2008 presidential campaign, John Heilemann offers his wit, savvy and insider's take on the Obama Administration and politics in America. John Heilemann is the National Affairs Editor for New York Magazine and an MSNBC contributor. He is a former staff writer for The New Yorker and The Economist. Christopher Anderson is a member of Magnum Photos and currently the first ever Photographer-in-Residence at New York Magazine. He is the recipient of the Robert Capa Gold Medal (2000) and is the author of two acclaimed books, Capitolio (RM 2009) and Nonfiction (DeMo 2003). Christopher has served as a contract photographer for Newsweek magazine and National Geographic Magazine.