Michelle Obama: The First Lady in Photographs
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| Rating | : | 4.67 (875 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0393077470 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Deborah Willis, a MacArthur, Guggenheim, and Fletcher Fellow, is the author of Reflections in Black, Posing Beauty, Michelle Obama: The First Lady in Photographs, and the New York Times bestseller Obama: The Historic Campaign in Photographs. She is chair of the photography department and a University
A stunning, visual biography of Michelle Obama that finally puts her phenomenal fame into a cultural and historical context we can all understand. There has never been a First Lady like her before. The authors show how Michelle Obama represents the culmination of America’s evolving views on women, race, motherhood, and beauty. With nearly 200 compelling photographs, these two noted scholars capture Michelle Obama’s dramatic transformation from working mother to First Lady, from her first tentative steps on the campaign trail to her spontaneous hug of the Queen, to her fairy-tale-like “date night” on Broadway. 150 full-color photographs. Much more than a mere catalog of style, Michelle Obama is a remarkable pictorial story of one woman’s hold on our imagination. Crew to Jason Wu, Michelle Obama is inexplicably all pearls, all business, all mother. Not since Jacqueline Kennedy has there been a First Lady who has so enchanted America, but in her down-to-earth dealings with all Americansschoolchildren, milita
"Excellent Book" according to Sade. When I saw this book, I didn't waste time to buy it because back in 2008, In my late twenties, I never thought in my life time I would witness The First Black family ever enter the White House and imagine the political, social & inspirational impact President Obama & First Lady Michelle Obama would do in the eight years they were in the white house. In this book you see the down to earth, educated, & . Great Christmas Present for the Michelle Obama fan. Michelle D I did not purchase this book for myself, it was a Christmas present for my mother-in-law. She is a big fan of First Lady Obama and I could not have chosen a better gift. The book was more like a portfolio of beautiful pictures and articles that captured her for many years.. "Absolutely great book" according to CD Case. I highly recommend this book to each and every woman who needs encouragement in loosing weight, finding her indvidual style, a career, building self-confidence and anything else. It is a great confidence booster. Wonderful selection of acitivities are shown of the 1st lady being involved in and styles for the 1st lady are represented beautifully in this book. Buy it; you will not be sorry.
She teaches at the University of Vermont in Burlington. About the Author Deborah Willis, a MacArthur, Guggenheim, and Fletcher Fellow, is the author of Reflections in Black, Posing Beauty, Michelle Obama: The First Lady in Photographs, and the New York Times bestseller Obama: The Historic Campaign in Photographs. She is chair of the photography department and a University Professor at New York University.Emily Bernard is the author of Remember Me to Harlem: The Letters of Langston Hughes and Carl Van Vechten, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.