Rare, Intimate Photographs from the Kennedy White House
Fifty years ago, John F. Kennedy was elected the youngest president of the United States, moving his work and his family to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. And alongside him was Cecil W. Stoughton, the first official White House photographer, who accompanied the First Family everywhere—blending in the background, snapping candid photographs, and, in the process, amassing a collection of rare, intimate glimpses of the family at ease.
VF.com presents a portfolio from the new book Portrait of Camelot: A Thousand Days in the Kennedy White House (Abrams), written by political historian Richard Reeves—who reads an exclusive audio excerpt from the book for Vanity Fair’s Writers Reading podcast. Reeves showcases the history and stories behind Stoughton’s vast Kennedy archive, most of which has never before been reproduced.
WEB EXCLUSIVE October 29, 2010
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