Sheesh...do we really need all that. His photograher has already made over a 150 trips on AF One. He and his staff of 3 other photogs take 20 to 80 thoudsand pictures per month. ...and some more folks go over each one of them and save all of them.
They also go on vacations with the prez.....
Do we really need all that?
Yes we do need someone to record history in the making for future generations to view. Usually the films of my generation were taken by Military Photographers, photos and films of the WW2 experience, Victory AT SEA was one of my favorite TV programs.
When MacArthur returned to the Philippines and the famous photo was taken as he stepped onto the soil in the Philippians as the first American to arrive, look closely, in the background are US Military Nurses and Doctors that had been there for months before he arrived.
The one Photo that will never leave my memory is that of Eisenhower touring the death camps in Europe after the war. He at the time was brought to view a large group of dead prisoners, unburied and the look on his face at the sight at first look is complete disbelief, shock and total confusion. There is a gigantic blow up of this photo in the Holocaust Museum in DC. Poor IKE, the picture reminds me of photos of police officers that come apon a very violent crime scene involving children and their shock and horror.
Johnny this all started before the civil war, the photos taken of Lincoln are priceless, the photos of the war itself, priceless. As they once said, a picture is worth 1,000 words.
