In January of this year, The New York Times Magazine published “Obama’s People,” Nadav Kander’s unforgettable 52-image series of portraits of the new administration’s top support staff. Kander talks about the making of these historic photos in a candid interview with lensulcuture.com, touching on everything from his influences in conceiving the project (Bernd and Hilla Becher, surprisingly enough), to collaborating with NYTM photography editor Kathy Ryan, to his desire to let his subjects be “the author of their own pictures.” Says Kander, “I didn’t want to fabricate anything for them.” You can hear the interview here. If you’d like to see the portraits in person and happen to be in England sometime this spring or summer, stop by the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery. “Obama’s People” is on view there through August 31. For more information, go here.
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our photographers
- Annabel Mehran
- Art Streiber
- Craig Cutler
- Doug Menuez
- Fulvio Bonavia
- Guzman
- Jan Steinhilber
- Jason "Giblin" Hindley
- Jeff Lipsky
- Jim Fiscus
- John Midgley
- John Offenbach
- Jorg Badura
- Kwaku Alston
- Lauren Greenfield
- Liz Von Hoene
- Martin Sigal
- Matthew Rolston
- Matthias Clamer
- Melanie Acevedo
- Michael Muller
- Michael Wirth
- Nadav Kander
- Nigel Cox
- Nino Muñoz
- Steven Lippman
- Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
- Tobias Hutzler
- Uwe Duettmann
- Walter Iooss