Art
Ford Shoots Photographer, Big Island, Hawaii, 1973 (limited edition, framed photo)
- Item Number
- 111
- Estimated Value
- 2000 USD
- Opening Bid
- 500 USD
Item Description
During his brief time as vice president, Gerald Ford got away for a Hawaiian vacation with his wife Betty. The couple enjoyed a playful moment on the beach with one another – and, in a way, with David Hume Kennerly, as Ford aimed his camera right back at the photojournalist whose camera was so often aimed at him.
A growing crisis in Washington, D.C., would soon change life for this relaxed couple. On August 9, 1974, Richard Nixon would become the first U.S. president to resign – rather than face impeachment for his part in the “Watergate” campaign scandal. And Ford would step into the office – the nation’s 38th president – at that precarious moment in American history.
Life was changing for Kennerly, too. Having returned from Vietnam earlier in ’73, he took up a very different assignment for Time magazine – covering the political scene in Washington. The close relationship he developed with the Fords during that period would sweep him into history with them. “It was a wonderful relationship that culminated with me becoming the official White House photographer,” Kennerly recalled. It gave him access to every meeting, every trip – just about every public and private moment – as he documented the Ford presidency.
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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