In the Room

<b>The Pulitzer Prize–winning photographer’s unprecedented sixty-year eyewitness account of the pivotal events that have defined modern American and world history.</b><br><br>After he won the Pulitzer Prize for his photos when he was 25, Kennerly became President Gerald R. Ford’s chief White House photographer; he has been on assignment in more than 100 countries. With more than 50 Time and Newsweek covers, Kennerly has cemented his place among the most important photojournalists of our time.<br><br>This magnum opus gathers his most iconic images into a sweeping narrative of America’s most consequential era: from the night Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated at the Ambassador Hotel, to the battlefields of Vietnam; from the Watergate scandal that led to Nixon’s resignation, to the Ford White House. He was in the room for exclusive coverage of Reagan’s and Gorbachev’s “Fireside Summit” in Geneva; was with Governor George W. Bush the night of the 2000 election that ended in a tie; and photographed the Pentagon as it burned after the 9/11 attack; afterwards went to Afghanistan and Iraq. He was there on Obama’s first night as president; when Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton; and with Kamala Harris when she lost to Trump.<br><br>Kennerly’s photographs remain as relevant today as ever. Published as America marks its 250th birthday, this landmark book coincides with a major exhibition of his work at the new Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Fall 2026.<br><br>For students, historians, and anyone who values the power of photojournalism at its peak, this is the definitive volume—a must-have for every collection.