At Home with Political Portraits: Photographs of the Domestic Display of US Presidents

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Jennifer Wingate (St. Francis College, USA)

At Home with Political Portraits

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ISBN: 9781666926545

Photographs of the Domestic Display of US Presidents

Jennifer Wingate (St. Francis College, USA)

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English

Rowman & Littlefield
02 April 2026

Photographs: portraits; Communication studies; Social & cultural history; Political leaders & leadership

Focusing on photographs depicting the domestic display of three US presidential icons – Franklin Delano Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Barack Obama – Jennifer Wingate examines everyday expressions of national pride and belonging alongside the tension that these displays signal about the state of democracy.

Wingate explores how, although keeping political portraits in the home is traditionally associated with authoritarian regimes, the United States also has a long history with the practice as both a patriotic and commemorative act. Roosevelt, Kennedy, and Obama are particularly representative of this history, she contends, as the rise of radio, television, and social media respectively allowed them to enter the intimate spaces of our daily lives in unprecedented ways.

While photographers and artists such as Jack Delano, Gordon Parks, and Jordan Casteel draw attention to these displays of pride and belonging, they also reveal the tensions that these portraits represent as the artists and their subjects strive to make meaning from national symbols and to locate their place within the imagined community of nationhood. In doing so, Wingate argues, they invite reflection on our hopes and anxieties about the state of our nation’s democracy.

By: Jennifer Wingate (St. Francis College USA)
Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781666926545
ISBN 10: 166692654X
Pages: 168
Publication Date: 02 April 2026
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jennifer Wingate is an art historian based in the USA.

Reviews for At Home with Political Portraits: Photographs of the Domestic Display of US Presidents

Over the last century, we have sometimes invited US presidents into our homes and places of work via photographic portraits. This astonishing cultural practice, which stretches from FDR to Trump, and harks back to Lincoln and to prints of Washington, tells us a lot about who we are and how we relate to the republic, its leaders and the values embedded in the practice. Richly and beautifully told, this timely book is a revelation. * Paul Staiti, Alumnae Foundation Professor of Fine Arts, Mount Holyoke College, USA *