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Over the past two years New York-based Mark Peterson (born 1955) has photographed American presidential candidates as they lead rallies, meet with the public and plead for votes. He began documenting the race shortly before the government shutdown in 2013 at a Tea Party rally at the US Capitol, when politicians were railing against President Obama and the Affordable Care Act. Since then Peterson has followed the political spin as it approaches the November 2016 election, creating already-famous images of Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Sarah Palin, Chris Christie and others, cutting through the staging of their personalities and revealing the cold, naked ambition for power. This volume documents what has been widely described as the most polarized and bizarre presidential race in American history. Mark Peterson's work has been published in The New York Times Magazine, New York, Fortune, Time, ESPN The Magazine and Geo, among many others. His numerous awards include a W. Eugene Smith support grant. Peterson's book Acts of Charity was published in 2004 by Powerhouse Books.

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...this election is perfectly captured in black and white by photographer Mark Peterson, stripping the last two years down to its bare bones, showing the warts and weirdness of democracy gone awry.--Aline Smithson Lenscratch

Instead of capturing standard color photojournalism images, he started taking his photos in black and white, playing with flash and harsh light and emphasizing certain things about the images to accent how staged most of these events are. He emphasized that while he manipulates angles and flash, everything in the photos is real.--Elizabeth Flock PBS NewsHour Peterson's cinematic, close-up portraits of U.S. presidential candidates and their supporters are among the most dramatic images taken along this year's campaign trail, finding their way to covers of TIME magazine and NY Mag, among others. Highly contrasted and garishly lit, his black-and-white images chronicled the insanity of the protests and rallies leading up to the election--and remain a powerful record in its wake.--Demie Kim Artsy Mark Peterson starkly captures the conscience of the American political drama.--Michelle Molloy Time, Best Photobooks of 2016 Through Peterson's cinematic lens, politicians morph into vaudevillian performers, their constituents raving fans. The images deliberately break from the impartial and deferential style of photojournalists, opting instead to highlight intensity, absurdity and artifice wherever they appear.--Priscilla Frank The Huffington Post ...this election is perfectly captured in black and white by photographer Mark Peterson, stripping the last two years down to its bare bones, showing the warts and weirdness of democracy gone awry.--Aline Smithson Lenscratch Under his handheld flash, he shows candidates as human beings with their flaws and imperfections amplified by his careful lighting and framing.--Paul Moakley Time Magazine

Under his handheld flash, he shows candidates as human beings with their flaws and imperfections amplified by his careful lighting and framing.--Paul Moakley Time Magazine

Under his handheld flash, he shows candidates as human beings with their flaws and imperfections amplified by his careful lighting and framing.--Paul Moakley -Time Magazine -

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