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A personal, intimate, photographic celebration of President Barack Obama in the years prior to his presidency, from friend and former aide David KatzFrom 2004 to 2008, David Katz worked alongside then senate-hopeful Barack Obama as a personal aide, an unofficial documentarian, and a friend. During this time, the President and Katz spent approximately six days per week campaigning across downstate Illinois and developed a close, personal relationship. What began as two friends mounting a longshot senate run culminated with the election of America's first African-American president in 2008.During this time, David was never without his camera, capturing quotidian scenes from the life of a man who would soon become known the world over: a dad playing with his small daughters; a young, unknown politician walking the streets of New York by himself with no one noticing; a devoted husband lovingly making faces at his wife in an elevator mirror; messy offices and midnight burger runs.
About the Author
DAVID KATZ started as one of the first ten employees on Barack Obama's Senate campaign and spent approximately nine months driving, photographing, and serving the would-be president during the 2004 Senate campaign.In 2008, Katz returned after graduating from Stanford's Graduate School of Business to become the official campaign photographer, a position he held from July to November 2008. After Obama was elected president, Katz served in the Energy Department and at the White House in numerous policy roles.He is a frequent golf partner of President Obama and now a technology executive in San Francisco.
