The Official Barack Obama Inaugural Book
2009 · 56th Presidential Inauguration
One of five official U.S. presidential inaugural books produced by Epicenter between 1993 and 2009.
Documentary projects
Photography, books and large-scale editorial production.
Epicenter has managed documentary projects from initial concept and assignment planning through archive organization, editing, design and publication.
Selected titles from the Epicenter archive.
Epicenter’s publishing archive includes official U.S. presidential inaugural books, major documentary projects, corporate commissions and large-scale photographic assignments.
Projects have involved photographers including David Burnett, Mary Ellen Mark, Susan Meiselas, Eli Reed, Eugene Richards, Gilles Peress and Galen Rowell, along with writers and journalists across the projects.
Selected archive
Projects across photography, history and publishing.
The archive spans documentary photography, commemorative publishing, political reporting, corporate commissions and historical projects.
A Day in the Life of the United States Armed Forces
Global documentary project
A 24-hour photographic project built from assignments at 125 locations around the world.
A Day in the Life of the American Woman
50 female photographers
More than 70 stories of women’s lives told through photographs and personal profiles.
SpeedWeeks: 10 Days at Daytona
Harper Entertainment
A photojournalistic project documenting the people, machines and events surrounding Daytona’s 2000 race season.
Christmas Around the World
Collins Publishers
A photojournalistic project covering Christmas traditions in more than thirty countries across six continents.
The Mission
Warner Books
A photographic examination of the customs, culture and people of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Newt: Inside the Revolution
Rutledge Hill Press
A behind-the-scenes photographic account of Newt Gingrich’s rise to Speaker of the House, photographed by P. F. Bentley.
Sarajevo: A Portrait of the Siege
Warner Books
A black-and-white photographic chronicle of the siege of Sarajevo paired with first-person accounts from correspondents.
The Face of Mercy
Random House
A photographic history of medicine at war drawing from more than one hundred international archives.
Clinton: Portrait of Victory
Warner Books
P. F. Bentley’s black-and-white photographs from the 1992 Clinton presidential campaign, with accompanying essays.
Open Minds: 1982–1992
Commissioned by Sun Microsystems
A global photographic project created for Sun Microsystems’ tenth anniversary.
Presidential inaugural books
Five official books, 1993–2009.
2009The Official Barack Obama Inaugural Book, 56th Presidential Inauguration.
2005Portrait of a Leader, 55th Presidential Inauguration.
2001Celebrating America’s Spirit Together, 54th Presidential Inauguration.
1997An American Journey: Building a Bridge to the 21st Century, 53rd Presidential Inauguration.
1993An American Reunion, 52nd Presidential Inauguration.
Internet & multimedia
Publishing beyond the photographic book.
Epicenter’s archive also includes The Internet Health, Fitness & Medicine Yellow Pages, The Multimedia Home Companion and a CD-ROM edition of Clinton: Portrait of Victory.
The mix is part of the company’s history: traditional publishing, multimedia experiments and online information products developed in parallel.
Work with Epicenter
Partnerships, publishing projects and digital opportunities.
For partnership proposals, content opportunities, domain development or other inquiries, contact Epicenter Communications.