Posted on | June 26, 2008 | No Comments
Amistad to Publish Photo Book of Obama’s Campaign*
By Lynn Andriani
HarperCollins’s Amistad imprint announced today it will publish Obama: The Historic
Campaign in Photos on October 28 with a 250,000-copy first printing. The book will
cover Barack Obama’s campaign from its beginning through June, and will include
more than 150 full color and b&w photographs plus an introductory essay.
Deb Willis, chair and professor of the New York University Tisch School of the
Arts Photography and Imaging, will select and edit the photos. Kevin Merida, author
of Supreme Discomfort: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas (Doubleday) and a Washington Post writer, will write the introductory essay.
Amistad v-p and editorial director Dawn Davis and Deb Willis negotiated the book
deal; literary agent Andrew Blauner negotiated the deal for Merida’s essay.
*I’m posting this because it’s a photo book, and it’s Deb but, dear friends who keep forwarding me things, trying to get me to donate money to Obama–I am not a Democrat! I’m glad you have a candidate who excites you, and I’ll probably vote for him because my candidate is out of the running, but seriously, don’t assume! Barack Obama’s supporters creep me out more than his detractors. Kinda.
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