Obama: The Historic Campaign in Photographs

by Deborah Willis, Kevin Merida

Through 150 striking color photographs, The Historic Campaign in Photographs charts the road to Barack Obama's nomination as the first African American to lead the presidential ticket of a major party. Announcing his campaign in Springfield, Illinois, on February 10, 2007, Obama stood on the grounds of the Old State Capitol, where Abraham Lincoln delivered his famous "House Divided" speech against slavery in 1858. During an eighteen-month campaign, from the snows of Iowa to the hunt for Democratic "superdelegates," this junior senator from Chicago confounded the party establishment and rewrote the playbook on modern presidential campaigning. This amazing collection of photographs captures the public and private moments of his journey, and offers a unique window into one of the great triumphs in American politics.

Genres: Politics, Biography, History, Nonfiction

160 pages, Hardcover

First published October 28, 2008

About the author

Dr. Willis is chair of the Department of Photography & Imaging at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.

Reviews

[Jennifer Daniel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some great candid shots I had never seen before of the President. I loved the crowd photos, the excitement jumped of the page. I'm so glad I waited 3 hours in the snow with my children to see this man during the campaign. To witness this history making event was amazing!

[Hannah Jo Parker · Rating 4 out of 5]

I never tire of looking at photos of this amazing man or reflecting on the enormity of what he achieved during his campaign. Tears rolled down my face while reading this.

[Miss Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

this is a book of incredibly beautiful photography of the obama campaign in the days leading up to his first presidential election which means it's also subtextually about that time the entire country had a collective crush on the president elect and everything was amazing

i'm gonna miss him

4 stars

[Scott]

I bought this book back in January of 2009, when I was an Obamamaniac. I've yet to do much more than breeze through it. And at this point, it's probably all I'll ever do. But it's nice to have, anyway...

[Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

The text is not the selling point here, but the photos are terrific.

[Misha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful, just beautiful! The victory makes it all the more sweet.

[Mrs.]

I'm not into politics but the Obama campaign was definitely historic and the photographs in this book testify to this... the 'write up' in the end was also gripping