Public image is extremely important to any political election. The International Center of Photography’s new exhibit at their Mana gallery in Jersey City, New Jersey, examines how the media’s coverage of presidential elections — specifically within the medium of photography — has changed from the 1960s to present day. The show, titled “Winning the White House,” covers everything from behind-the-scenes footage to debate photos to selfies.
“Since the 1960s there has been an accumulation of technologies and outlets for campaign photography. This has resulted in more voices in the conversation and more opportunities for voters to engage with different kinds of images,” Susan Carlson, the assistant curator for collections at the ICP, told Business Insider.
The show is on view by appointment, Monday through Friday, until January 27, 2017. The ICP shared 23 photos that act as a timeline for how media coverage has evolved since the Kennedy era — keep scrolling to see them.
(All images courtesy of ICP)
Bill Eppridge/Loaned by Adrienne Aurichio/The Estate of Bill Eppridge
Senator Robert F. Kennedy at a rally in Sioux City, Iowa, 1966
Courtesy LBJ Library
Presidential campaign rally, 1964
Courtesy LBJ Library
President Gerald Ford, covered with confetti, smiles at crowd after his arrival in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for the 1st presidential debate with Jimmy Carter, 1976
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President Ford and Jimmy Carter meet at the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia to debate domestic policy during the first of the three Ford-Carter Debates, September 23, 1976
International Center of Photography/Magnum Photos
John F. Kennedy and his wife, Jackie, campaigning in New York, October 19, 1960
International Center of Photography/Magnum Photos
The fourth and last of the Kennedy-Nixon debates (held in New York City), as seen on the television of a bar, New York, October 21, 1960Source: History.com
Courtesy LBJ Library
President Lyndon B. Johnson campaigning, waving to crowd, October 1964
Bill Eppridge/Loaned by Adrienne Aurichio/The Estate of Bill Eppridge
Senator Robert F. Kennedy riding with the press on the back of a convertible, Oregon, April or May 1968
Owen Franken
Walter Mondale campaigning for President, 1984
Owen Franken
George H. W. Bush campaigning in New Hampshire, 1980
David Burnett/Contact Press Images
Larry King, Bill Clinton, and Al Gore preparing for a television interview, 1992
Stephen Crowley/The New York Times
A Diner in Iowa, 2000
David Burnett/Contact Press Images
Obama campaigns in a New Orleans school, 2008
Stephen Crowley/The New York Times
Two-Faced Ticket, August 20, 2008
Stephen Crowley/The New York Times
We Are Here with President Obama, July 21, 2015
Elliott Erwitt/Magnum Photos
Inauguration Ball for President Barack Obama, Washington D. C., January, 2009Source: The New York Times
Mark Peterson/Redux Pictures
The CPAC convention, National Harbour, MD, February 2015
International Center of Photography, David Seidner Archive
Hillary Clinton, 1996
M. Scott Brauer
Clinton, Manchester, New Hampshire, September 5, 2015
Trump, Laconia, New Hampshire, July 16, 2015
Mark Peterson/Redux Pictures
The press section at a Senator Ted Cruz event, Columbia, SC, January 15, 2016
International Center of Photography
Selfies with presidential candidates, 2015-16
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