Richard Cahan - Barack Obama: Uncommon Grace
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book. It was created by independent journalists.
Presidential Library.
Obama-Biden Transition Project.
Enters South Portico of White House. Pete Souza/March 30, 2012
Before Nelson Mandela memorial service. Pete Souza/December 10, 2013
At presentation of colors. Pete Souza/March 21, 2012
Boards Air Force One. Pete Souza/March 21, 2012
Watching fireworks over National Mall. Pete Souza/July 4, 2009
In the Lincoln Memorial. Chuck Kennedy/August 28, 2013
a Time
Michael Williams
as president was taken in a tiny, windowless conference room
in the basement of the West Wing, part of the Situation Room,
where major strategic decisions are made.
man larger than life, surrounded by admiring crowds or respectful
advisors. Or deep in thought, wrapped in the trappings of the
presidency. Or in simple silhouette.
sitting on a hardback chair far from the photos center, wearing a
polo shirt and a windbreaker, his outfit for golf earlier this Sunday.
the U.S. raid on the Pakistani compound of al-Qaeda leader Osama
bin Laden. The president takes the modest chair because Brigadier
General Marshall B. Brad Webbin full uniform at the head
of the tableis communicating with the special forces via laptop
as Obama enters the room. He offers the president his seat, but
Obama declines. Obamas choice is an act of practicality and
humility.
after months of planning. This is not an action picture. It shows
the most powerful people in the nationpresident, vice president,
secretary of state, secretary of defense, the general, an admiral,
security and intelligence advisors, counterterrorism experts and
Obamas chief of staffwatching, just watching, images beamed
back from the attack.
who is told to show up at the White House because something
historic is about to occur. Souza, using two cameras, takes his
position at the opposite corner of the room from Obama. Souza
wants to be unobtrusive and is pushed back as the room fills. I can
started printing, he recalls. And [Secretary of Defense] Bob Gates
looked at me and just kind of smiled.
during the forty-minute raid. When it is confirmed that bin Laden
has been killed, there is no cheering. Obama stands and shakes
hands with others, Souza remembers. The mood remains solemn.
nine hundred pictures as Obama discusses with his staff how and
when they should share the news. At about 25 minutes before
midnight, Obama announces the raid on television. The American
people did not choose this fight, he says. It came to our shores and
started with the senseless slaughter of our citizens.
images from the conference room. He narrows down his choices,
with the help of a picture editor, and chooses one shotwhich
becomes the shot to release to the world.
document lying on the computer of Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton. He tries to get the document de-classified, but that doesnt
work. He ends up blurring the image of the classified document
using Photoshop. He later says it is the only time he manipulated
the contents of a photo during his eight years of covering Obama.
The photo is released with a note in the caption that states a
classified document seen in this photograph has been obscured.
The photo is viewed millions of times online and in newspapers
around the world.
Obama White House years through photographs from all seven
photographers who worked in the White House Photo Office.
average of nearly 1,500 per day) during the Obama presidency.
depict a man grounded in family, faith and an appreciation for
America and its people. They reveal the sense of responsibility and
the respect he held for his office. And they show him as a man in
full: doting on his daughters, lovingand maybe a little in awe
ofhis wife, caring for his dogs and enjoying a game of basketball.
moments. If you read Obamas Dreams from My Father, you will
understand how important tiny gestures were to him throughout
his life. Uncommon Grace documents the choices Obama made in
the quickest of moments1/60th of a second. Photo time.
photography and why he granted such unprecedented access to
Pete Souza and the six other White House photographers. Obama
understands the split-second pace of the presidency and the
importance of documenting this historic time.
Office pictures that have been released so far and on President
Obamas own words. It also incorporates a few photos taken by
other governmental photographers who documented Obama across
the world.
presidents since John F. Kennedy. But many of their photosof
official acts and staged photo opportunitiesgrow stale over the
years. Obamas photographers were given the time and access to
capture images of a president throughout his daily life and job.
They have created an archive that will last.
economic crisis since the Depression; launching a universal health
care program; and creating a worldwide agreement to slow climate
change.
bridge the gap between Democrats and Republicans; his lack of a
sweeping answer to immigration policy; and his unsuccessful effort
to launch Hillary Clinton into the presidency.
different people. But they will remind us of a time of history that
will never be repeated.
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