I took this picture of George H. W. Bush in April, 1972 when he visited Lawrence, Kansas. He was ambassador to the United Nations at that time. It was before he was the Director of the CIA, Chairman of the Republican Party and President of the United States.I was working as a photographer for the Lawrence Journal World. A reporter and I accompanied him for three days as he visited all the local notables and gave a major US policy address at Kansas University.
We loaned him the negative of this image which he used as his official publicity photo for several years. In return, he autographed an original print for me.
A physiognomist would tell you that the close set eyes denote an unscrupulous individual, not to be trusted. But I am sure that there are exceptions...
ReplyDeleteIt's apparently lens distortion.
ReplyDeleteReally good portrait!
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Thanks very much.
ReplyDeleteReally a great portrait, Ken. You capture an easy and human side to his character that was rarely visible. He must have felt comfortable with you and you clicked at the perfect time.
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