Art
Five Presidents, Simi Valley, California, 1991 (limited edition, framed photo)
- Item Number
- 103
- Estimated Value
- 2000 USD
- Sold
- 1500 USD to Live Event Bidder
- Number of Bids
- 1 - Bid History
Item Description
On assignment for Time magazine, David Hume Kennerly captured a rare moment in history: Five U.S. presidents gathered together for the opening of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. Says Kennerly, “This was the first time that five presidents had been together at the same place and time, and this has only happened four other times since.” Kennerly has been there to document each occasion.
To Kennerly, this photograph was also a retrospective on his career as a political photographer. “What I was seeing at that time were the five chief executives I had covered,” says Kennerly. From the right, they stood in the order in which they were in office, starting with Richard Nixon and ending with George H.W. Bush, the incumbent president. In an effort to replicate Mount Rushmore, Kennerly decided to photograph the presidents in profile. When President Reagan looked towards him, he knew he had his shot.
This famous image is one of Kennerly’s most widely published photos.
Item Special Note
This framed photo is signed and numbered by Kennerly. It is a 16" by 20" archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Fine Art Baryta paper.
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