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Barack Obama was the first president to have his portrait taken with a digital camera in January 2009 by Pete Souza, the then–official White House photographer, [24] using a Canon EOS 5D Mark II. [citation needed] Obama was also the first president to have 3D portraits taken, which were displayed in the Smithsonian Castle in December 2014. [25]
First president to serve less than one full term in office. [ac] [109] First president to receive over 1 million votes in a presidential election before assuming office. [110] First president to have a photograph taken while in office. [ad] [111]
The incumbent president is Donald Trump, who assumed office on January 20, 2025. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Since the office was established in 1789, 45 men have served in 47 presidencies; the discrepancy arises from two individuals elected to non-consecutive terms: Grover Cleveland is counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, while Donald ...
U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama walk down Pennsylvania Avenue enroute to the White House during the inaugural parade in Washington on Tuesday, January 20, 2009. Barack ...
For the first time ever, Okamoto was allowed access to the Oval Office. [2] Oliver F. Atkins was the official photographer for Richard Nixon, but was often restricted from taking photographs. [1] However, Atkins' photograph of President Nixon and Elvis Presley is the most requested from the Library of Congress. [1]
Daguerreotype photography wasn’t invented until the 1830s, making it impossible for a photograph of the first U.S. president to exist. In January 2009, Barack Obama became the first Black ...
Stoughton's iconic photograph of Lyndon B. Johnson taking the oath of office as President following the assassination of John F. Kennedy. President John F. Kennedy with John-John in 1963. Stoughton was born in Oskaloosa, Iowa, on January 18, 1920. During World War II, he was assigned to the First Motion Picture Unit. [3]
The NPG bought the Madison photograph for $456,000 at a Sotheby’s auction of books, manuscripts and Americana on June 28, more than six times the lot’s high estimate of $70,000. The funds were ...