,. To mark the centennial of his birth the Smithsonian American Art Museum collected dozens of images that chronicle the life of the 35th president. The Smithsonian American Art Museum allows me to be a guest curator of this exhibit on jfk. I photographed a lot of politicians. I started with Richard Nixon, Governor Brown in california and john f. Kennedy and many of the events he was present at. ,. Why this exhibit here in the American Art Museum at this time . It is the centennial of his birth 100 years ago on may 29, he was born. How do you put an exhibit like this together . First you start with a few researchers. We collected 34,000 photographs of jfk and his family. It took about six months and became the basis of a very important book that we published. From those 34,000 odd pictures in the book we were able to select 77 photographs that we felt told the story of jf k and his life and times. John f. Kennedy was a modern president who saw americas place in the world. He was a man
I photographed a lot of politicians. I started with Richard Nixon, Governor Brown in california and john f. Kennedy and many of the events he was present at. Tragically, i was in dallas when he was assassinated. Why this exhibit here in the American Art Museum at this time . Well, its the centennial of his birth. In hundred years ago on may 29 he was born. How do you put an exhibit like this together . Where do you start . First you start with a few researchers. We collected 34,000 photographs of jfk and his family. It took about six months and it became the basis of a very important book that we published with harper collins. From those 34,000 pictures in the 400 and some odd pictures in the book we were able to select 77 photographs that we felt told the story of jfk and his life and times. Jfk was a modern resident. John f. Kennedy was a president who saw americas place in the world. He was a man who understood history, who served in world war ii. He understood the issues of civil r
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We dont stand for it. These are not acts of peaceful protests but domestic terror. None of it justifies looting, burning or anything else. Regardless how angry you are, if you loot or barn you should be held accountable as anybody else. This cannot be tolerated across the board. Paul lets bring in our panel. Dan henninger. Kim strassel and jason riley. Jason, who won the battle of the political battle of kenosha . [laughter] jason it might be a little early to tell to give an answer on that. We will have to see the polls. President trump seems to think its a winning issue for him, he can in blame on the protests that we are seeing going on around the country. The democrats, i think one of the challenges is he has this happening on his watch and what he can do to address this if he is reelected that he cant do right now while hes president. At the same time, i think biden feels he wont be blamed for this, he is seen as the more call me figure. Hes looking at polls like those who say we