Barack obama autobiography book name

How the Photo on Barack Obama's New Memoir Almost Didn't Happen: A Wife's Special Request Went Awry

It took the famously contemplative and cerebral Barack Obama almost four years (and 768 pages) to produce just volume one of his post-presidential memoir, the upcoming A Promised Land.

But when it came to producing the photograph for the back of the book jacket — revealed exclusively here — Obama's well-known impatience in front of a camera made for a precision-timed mad dash for photographer Dan Winters.

Shooting at the White House on Aug. 25, 2016, for New York magazine, Winters was given five minutes of President Obama's time ("I think I stretched it to 10," admits the photographer whose portfolio includes everyone from George W. Bush to Nicole Kidman) in order to take several pages' worth of images for a cover story on Obama's eight years in office.

In an interview with PEOPLE, Winters recalls how he spent at least five hours carefully pre-setting each shot before the president arrived in the Blue Room: "Each of the setups was lit and dialed in. Ea

THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

The riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making?a record-breaking, critically acclaimed no.1 bestseller.

'Gorgeously written, humorous, compelling, life affirming' Justin Webb, Mail on Sunday

In the first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama recounts his journey from a young man searching for his identity to the 44th president of the United States, describing in strikingly personal detail his political education and landmark moments of his first term.

Reflecting on his presidency, Obama takes readers from his early political dreams to his Iowa caucus victory and the historic night of November 4, 2008, when he became the first African American president. It is the story of one man’s bet with history, the faith of a community organizer tested on the world stage.

Obama is candid about the forces that opposed him at home and abroad and bearing the expectation of a generation buoyed by messages of “hope and change”, and unafraid to reveal self-doubt and disappointment. Yet he never wavers from his belief th

Barack Obama: 101 Best Covers: A New Illustrated Biography Of The Election Of America's 44th President (Paperback) (Paperback)

Dramatic and startling -- The Guardian

Witness Barack Obama as you've never seen him before -- as feminist, communist, fashion model, Jew, Muslim terrorist, Messiah, Superman, George Washington, President Roosevelt, Julius Caesar and Hindu deity Lord Shiva.

Obama: 101 Best Covers shows America's ex-president in all these guises and more, on the front pages of the world's leading print publications.

NEW BARACK PHOTO BIOGRAPHY
During his two terms in the White House, former US President Barack Obama amassed more newspaper and magazine covers than any other in history. This new post-presidency legacy book brings you the best 101 examples from around the world, in a special commemorative edition celebrating the startling event that was the 2008 election of America's first African American leader. It presents a unique visual biography of the background and accomplishments of his historic presidential campaign.

OBAMA & NEW YORK TIMES
Featu

Copyright ©bandfull.pages.dev 2025