Picture. Story. The epitome of a photographic essay. Beautiful photographs. Range, depth, complexity. Pete Souza, the Director of the White House photo office published a book in 2008 titled “The Rise of Barack Obama,” which illustrated the senator’s rise to power in stark, black and white photographs. Looking through, I was blown away by the complexity of the story, which was told by these images. Some of my favourites:
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I would put the whole world in black & white if it were up to me.