IMAGES OF GREATNESS 罗纳德 里根

RonaldReagan’seightyearsintheWhiteHousehadasmuchimpactthroughouttheworldashaveanyAmericanpresident’stermsbeforeorsince.Forfiveandahalfofthoseyears,fromJune1983untilReagan’slastdayinoffice,officialWhiteHousephotographerPeteSouzawasthepresident’svirtualshadow.Souza’sunlimitedaccesstothepresidenthelpedhimchronicleoneofthemosteventfulperiodsinmodernhistorywithstartlingdetailandunequalledpassion.Souzaandhiscameraswerepresentduringsomeofthemostsignificanteventsinworldpolitics,andhispersonalrelationshipwiththepresidentalsoallowedhimintothemostintimatereachesofReagan’sworld.Fromthepresident’sangryutterancetoSovietleaderMikhailGorbachevfollowingthefailed1986summitmeetinginReykjavik,Iceland,tohisplayfullytossingapaperairplaneoffahotelbalcony,ImagesofGreatnesspoignantlycapturesthedramaandimpactofReagan’spresidencyaswellasthehumorandcompassionthatdefinedhismoreprivate,humanside.ImagesofGreatnessfollowsournation’sfortiethpresidencythroughtheaward-winninglensofoneofourtime’smostcelebratedphotographers.Souzahasgatheredmorethan100exclusivephotographsanddevotedthemtoslicesoftheReaganpresidencythatincludehisdailyworkinglife,hisforeigntravelandmanyhoursspentonAirForceOne,hislandmarksummitswithGorbachevandotherheadsofstate,thestolenmomentsonhisCaliforniaranch,bothtimesofinternationalcrisisandlightheartedlaughter,andhisemotionalfinaldayinoffice.Thisremarkable,compellingworkbothtellsthestoryofperhapsourmostdramatic,celebratedpresidencyandalsoshedsanever-before-seenlightonthemanbehindit.