Download PDF Shade A Tale of Two Presidents Pete Souza 9780316490375 Books

Product details Hardcover 240 pages Publisher Little, Brown and Company; Shade - Autographed Copy edition (October 16, 2018) Language English ISBN-10 0316421820

Shade A Tale of Two Presidents Pete Souza 9780316490375 Books Reviews

• A timeless piece. It reminds me of when I was proud of our president. The comparison between the two POTUS is astounding. The photographer/author did fantastic work and is a genius for putting it all together in this book. Extremely creative!
• This is very different from the other two Souza books I have--one, serious photo retrospective of his presidency with many memorable photos and the other an inspirational book for children, illustrating "lessons" of life through Obama and his photos.
  
  Those are very different from this one which is slyly witty in contrasting Trump's presidency and character (mainly through quotes, newspaper headlines and, of course, tweets) with Obama's. The left side has a Trump-related quote and the right has a photo Souza took of Obama in some kind of parallel moment, with Souza's own captioning often casting "shade" at the current occupant of the White House (or sometimes just letting the photo speak for itself). As if we might miss the point about choosing good v. bad leadership, the final page -- perfectly timed -- reminds about the importance of voting.
  
  Note this is a nice 7 x 9" hardback with glossy photo paper. Only one photo of Trump (not in person but on television--starting with the shade). I think the book is better off this way.
• I love this book! I have followed Mr. Souza’s IG account since last year, but there’s just something more satisfying about flipping through the contrasts he highlights in the physical form of a book. There photos are of course perfect, and the typesetting is a beautiful addition to the touching and often comical content. The Obama WH was far from perfect, but this book serves as an ode to a simpler, more optimistic (and certainly less mean!) way of governing that we really didn’t appreciate nearly enough while we had it. I had never seen most of these photos much less known the story behind them since I was never interested in politics beyond voting in presidential elections every four years. It’s bittersweet to recognize how boring things used to be, with scandals like the breaching of the Chipotle sneeze guard (the horror!). So yeah, plenty to miss about those days. No time to be disinterested these days!
• Love this book! I have the Obama book and have been following Pete on Instagram, as a way to help hang onto my sanity in these scary times. When I first saw page 102 I thought it was an error, but realized, given the content (blathering idiocy) that it was another example of Pete throwing shade. That and the blank Valentine’s Day page. Bam! If you’re considering buying this book, do it!
• Loved everything about this book. I already purchased a second one which I am sending to my best friend. I’m buying a third one for my niece for her birthday. Something we all can laugh about together because this current President is a big disgusting joke. Got to find humor where we can.
• So happy I ordered it ahead of time. So moving and relevant. The "shade " is perfect, just like it has been over the last two years. Brilliant juxtaposition of the crazy alternate universe of today with the presidential, genuine and historic Obama tenure. A little relief from the current self-serving bully in the White House.
• I just got it tonight and I haven’t been able to put it down! Pete Souza is such a talented photographer but also the most clever producer of shade towards the current administration. )
  Bravo!!
• Seems like so long ago that Obama was President. He was a man who actually cared about people and especially about children. This book is great and I love the high quality photos and snippets of his CLASSY tweets!
  
  My only complaint is that the words on one of the pages is cut off so I couldn’t read it.