Picture This: A Visual Diary

Gore, Tipper

ISBN 10: 0553067206 / ISBN 13: 9780553067200

Published by Broadway Books, New York, 1996

About this Item

Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. [8], 151, [1] p. Illustrations (many in color). Annotated with spirited captions, these evocative and powerful photos, taken by Tipper Gore over the last four years, capture the images that matter most to her--as wife and mother, as a tireless worker for charitible causes, and as an ambassador-at-large for the Clinton-Gore administration. Sales proceeds will benefit the National Health Care for the Homeless Council, Inc. 127 photos, 87 in color. From Wikipedia: "Mary Elizabeth "Tipper" Gore (nee Aitcheson; born August 19, 1948) is an author, photographer, former second lady of the United States, and the wife of Al Gore, from whom she is currently separated. She became well known for her role in the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC), criticizing music with profane language and promoting Parental Advisory stickers (nicknamed "Tipper Stickers") on record covers, especially in the heavy metal, punk and hip hop genres. Born Mary Elizabeth Aitcheson in Washington, D.C., Tipper Gore is the daughter of John Kenneth "Jack" Aitcheson, Jr., a plumbing-supply entrepreneur, and his first wife, Margaret Ann (nee Carlson) Odom (who lost her first husband during World War II). Her nickname, Tipper, derives from the lullaby "Tippy, Tippy, Tin", originally sung in the 1940 Our Gang short All About Hash by child actress Janet Burston. Her ancestry includes English, Scottish, German, and Swedish. Gore grew up in Arlington, Virginia. Her parents divorced and she was raised by her mother and grandmother. She attended St. Agnes (now St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School), a private Episcopal school in Alexandria, Virginia, where she excelled in athletics and played the drums for an all-girl band, The Wildcats. She met Gore at his senior prom in 1965. Although she came to the prom with one of his classmates, Gore and Tipper began to date immediately afterwards. When Gore began attending Harvard University, she enrolled in Garland Junior College (now part of Simmons College) and later transferred to Boston University, receiving her B.A. in psychology in 1970. Gore pursued a master's degree in psychology from George Peabody College, graduating in 1975. She then worked part-time as a newspaper photographer until her husband was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1976. In 1982, she resumed her photography career, working part-time for Quarante Magazine (1982 1985) published by Kathleen Katz of Arlington. On May 19, 1970, she and Gore were married at the Washington National Cathedral. She has four children: Karenna Aitcheson Gore Schiff (born on August 6, 1973), Kristin Carlson Gore (born on June 5, 1977), Sarah LaFon Gore (born on January 7, 1979), and Albert Gore III (born on October 19, 1982). A longtime family friend of Al and Tipper Gore confirmed on June 1, 2010, that the Gores had sent out an e-mail to family friends announcing that they had made a mutual decision to separate. Gore was targeted by the rock group Warrant on their 1990 album Cherry Pie in the track Ode to Tipper Gore, which was basically a collection of swear words and sexual references, due to her involvement with the Parents Music Resource Center. In 1985, Tipper Gore co-founded the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) with Susan Baker, wife of then United States Secretary of the Treasury James Baker, because Tipper heard her then 11-year-old daughter playing "Darling Nikki" by Prince. According to an article by NPR, Gore went "before Congress to urge warning labels for records marketed to children." Gore explained that her purpose wasn't to put a "gag" on music but, to keep it safe for younger listeners. A number of individuals including Dee Snider of Twisted Sister, Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys, John Denver, Joey Ramone, and Frank Zappa criticized the group, arguing that it was a form of censorship. In response, NPR further stated that according to Gore, she "wasn't out to censor the objectionable material" and quoted her as stating that she is "a.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Picture This: A Visual Diary
• Publisher: Broadway Books, New York
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0553067206
• ISBN 13: 9780553067200
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Gore, Tipper (Photographer)
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Tipper Gore has been a passionate photographer for many years, but when her husband was elected Vice President of the United States, she began taking more
pictures than ever before. Now, in this beautiful and very personal book, Mrs. Gore uses both words and photographs to give us an intimate view of her new life at home, her work as a member of the current administration, and her travels around the world.

In a lively introductory chapter, Mrs. Gore offers a wonderfully candid self-portrait. She tells the story of how she became a photographer--receiving her first camera as a gift from her husband, Al, working as a photojournalist for The Tennessean, and gradually discovering that she expresses herself best through the images she captures on film. She writes about the causes that she has cared about most, especially those involving the mentally ill and the homeless. And, with surprising frankness, she describes how being part of a presidential administration has affected her children, her marriage, and her daily life.

The centerpiece of Picture This is an inspired collection of more than 120 of her recent photographs, both color and black and white. Mrs. Gore has an
unusual gift for catching people at their most natural--witness her photographs of the President and Vice President at work, of men and women from a rich
diversity of cultures, and of her husband and children during private moments. She has a keen eye for pictures that tell dramatic stories, as illustrated by her eloquent photographs of starving children in Rwanda and homeless people in America.

This fascinating visual diary of Tipper Gore's past four years is remarkable for its freshness, its candor, and its spirit. As warm and appealing as the author herself, Picture This provides a revealing look into the private world of a much admired public woman.

About the Author

Tipper Gore serves as Adviser to the President on Mental Health and is Special Adviser to the Interagency Council on the Homeless. Mrs. Gore worked as a
photojournalist for The Tennessean, and her photographs have appeared in many newspapers and magazines, including Newsweek and American Photographer. Her first book, Raising PG Kids in an X-Rated Society, was published in 1987. In 1986 she served as chair of an exhibit entitled "Homeless in America: A Photographic Project." Mrs. Gore lives with her husband and four children in the Vice President's Residence in Washington, D.C., and on their farm in Carthage, Tennessee.

Mrs. Gore will donate all her proceeds from this book to the National Health Care for the Homeless Council, Inc., headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.