Obama: An Intimate Portrait (Signed) (The Definitive Visual Biography of Barack Obama's Historic Presidency)

Souza, Pete, Presidential Photographer for the Obama Years

ISBN 10: 0316512583 / ISBN 13: 9780316512589

Published by Little, Brown and Company, 2017

About this Item

SIGNED by Presidential Photographer PETE SOUZA in black marker on publisher's bookplate, on first endpaper. Little, Brown and Co. 2017 First Edition, 6th printing. Condition: near fine hardboards/fine text block/fine dust jacket. Large folio. Deep blue hardboards with silver printing; silver "44" stamped on front board; small amount of wear on corners; lower right corner pushed in a bit. Text block clean, tight, square, unmarked, appears to be lightly browsed and still in fine condition. Glossy heavy weight paper stock supports the hundreds of color photos of Obama in the White House years, in the Oval Office, with family, with many other elected officials and staff, in many situations. Dust jacket in fine, pristine condition; original price on flap; no shelfwear; no signs of wear at all; protected in clear archival Brodart wrapper (removable.) Packaged with care and shipped in a box to arrive in best condition. Complete satisfaction guarantee; no sale is final until you are satisfied. "This is the definitive visual biography of Barack Obama's historic Presidency, captured in unprecedented detail by his White House photographer." (from the flap) "Over the course of eight years in the White House, I probably spent more time with Pete Souza than with anybody other than my my family. From moments of America's triumph to times of our deepest tragedy, from high-stakes meetings with world leaders to quiet mornings of study in a sun-splashed Oval Office, Pete was always present, dutifully documenting every moment, large and small, for history."(from the foreword by Barack Obama.).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Obama: An Intimate Portrait (Signed) (The Definitive Visual Biography of Barack Obama's Historic Presidency)
• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0316512583
• ISBN 13: 9780316512589
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Photography
  • Biography
  • Author Signed Books

About this title

Synopsis

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 will be a treasured record of a landmark era in American history.Age Range: Adult

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A deluxe limited slipcase edition is also available.

About the Author

Pete Souza has been the Official Chief White House Photographer for the entire tenure of the Presidency of Barack Obama.  He has been a professional photographer since the 1970's and was the Washington Photographer for the Chicago Sun-Times for several years and was an official White House Photographer during the Reagan years.  His work has appeared in Life and National Geographic and he is the author of several books.