David Burnett: US Presidents from JFK to Obama
(25 photos)

David Burnett is one of the very few photographers to have made images of all US Presidents since JFK -- his dad took him to see the 35th President speak less than two months before he was assassinated on November 22, 1963: from John F. Kennedy; to Lyndon B. Johnson; to Richard M. Nixon; to Gerald Ford; to Jimmy Carter; to Ronald Reagan; to George H.W. Bush; to Bill Clinton; to George W. Bush; to the 44th President, Barack Hussein Obama, sworn in on January 20, 2009.
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  • Inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America. Obama gives his inaugural address, Washington, D.C., January 20, 2009
  • US President George W. Bush walkes to Marine One leaving for Camp David. White House, Washington D.C., April 4, 2003.
  • US President George W. Bush on Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery to commemorate fallen Americans of all wars. Virginia, USA, May 29, 2006
  • President George W. Bush, giving his State of the Union speech to the Joint Session of Congress. Washington, D.C. February 2, 2005.
  • US President Bill Clinton and wife Hillary leave the capital for a short vacation accompanied by their daughter Chelsea and dog Buddy, following the disclosure of his denied affair with Monica Lewinsky, a White House intern. Washington DC, USA, August 18, 1998
  • President Bill Clinton on his re-election campaign. Union, New Jersey, November 1996.
  • US President Bill Clinton, campaigning for re-election just before victory. Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA, November 1996
  • US President George H. W. Bush on the White House lawn on his way to greet President Carlos Perez of Venezuela. Washington DC, USA, May 1990
  • President George Bush and First Lady Barbara Bush at his innauguration gala. January 1989.
  • Mikhail Gorbachev, the general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and Ronald Reagan, the American president, with their respective interpreters, during their first official meeting. Geneva Summit, Switzerland, November 21, 1985
  • California governor and Republican presidential candidate Ronald Reagan after a television appearance. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, February 1976
  • Ronald Reagan, the former governor of California, campaigning in the Republican primary for his party's nomination to the presidency. New Hampshire, USA, February 1976
  • Jimmy Carter with his brother Billy after winning the presidential election, November 1976.
  • Democratic presidential candidate Jimmy Carter campaigning. Pennsylvania, USA, April 1976.
  • Jimmy Carter, the former governor of Georgia, campaigns in the Democratic primary for his party's nomination to the presidency. New Hampshire, USA, February 1976
  • Gerald Ford campaigning in New Orleans. September, 1976.
  • US President Gerald Ford with his golden retrievers, Liberty and Misty, at the White House swimming pool. Washington DC, USA, May 1976
  • President Gerald Ford in the Oval Office with his advisers, including Chief of Staff Dick Cheney (right). The White House, Washington, D.C., USA, May 1976.
  • US President Richard Nixon, surrounded by family and staff, makes his resignation speech following the Watergate scandal. East Room, the White House, Washington DC, USA, August 9 1974
  • President Richard Nixon with wife Pat, during the visit of the shah of Iran. Washington DC, July 25, 1973
  • President-elect Richard Nixon on 5th Avenue. New York, New York, December 1968
  • President Lyndon Johnson, Senators, Congressmen & cabinet members after the State of the Union speech. Washington D.C. January 1968
  • President Lyndon Johnson with reporters as he signs the 1969 Budget law. (unidentified aid at left). The White House, Washington D.C. USA. October, 1968.
  • President John F. Kennedy at airport ceremony, Flaming Gorge powerstation inauguration, 400 KM away. Salt Lake City, UTAH. September 1963.
  • President John F. Kennedy at on a trip to inaugurate the Flaming Gorge powerstation. Salt Lake City, UTAH. September 1963.

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