About the Author

Richard Lowry is Associate Professor of English and Literary and Cultural Studies at The College of William & Mary. An award-winning teacher, he has also taught in the American Studies and Black Studies programs. His published work includes Littery Man: Mark Twain and Modern Authorship, scholarship on photographers A.J. Russel and Lewis Hine, on the history of emotional life, and methodological studies of interdisciplinary history. He worked as a sportswriter before entering academe.

Reviews

"That's what The Photographer and the President is — evocative. It's an impressionistic work. [Richard] Lowry isn't out to prove a theory. Instead, he's setting the experiences of Gardner and Lincoln next to each other in the text and noticing common themes and vision." -Chicago Tribune