news and links
Cara's guest essay on how Trump's mug shot fits into the history of presidential portraiture was published online in the New York Times on Aug. 30, 2023 and in print on Sunday, Sept. 3.
Cara was interviewed on Illinois Public Media's The 21st Show about Trump's mug shot and presidential photography
Cara spoke alongside former Chief White House Photographer Pete Souza at the July 2023 Warren G. Harding Symposium, "Through the Photographer's Lens: Exploring the United States Presidency."
Cara was an on-camera interview subject for an episode of the PBS online documentary, The Bigger Picture: "Did this photo make Lincoln President?"
Photographic Presidents was recently reviewed in the Journal of American History (requires login) and the Journal of American Culture
Photographic Presidents won an NEH Open Book Award and is now available in a free, open access version
Read Publishers Weekly's review of Photographic Presidents
Read Foreword Review's review of Photographic Presidents
Cara was interviewed on Illinois Public Media's The 21st Show about Trump's mug shot and presidential photography
Cara spoke alongside former Chief White House Photographer Pete Souza at the July 2023 Warren G. Harding Symposium, "Through the Photographer's Lens: Exploring the United States Presidency."
Cara was an on-camera interview subject for an episode of the PBS online documentary, The Bigger Picture: "Did this photo make Lincoln President?"
Photographic Presidents was recently reviewed in the Journal of American History (requires login) and the Journal of American Culture
Photographic Presidents won an NEH Open Book Award and is now available in a free, open access version
Read Publishers Weekly's review of Photographic Presidents
Read Foreword Review's review of Photographic Presidents
evenTS and Interviews
(to book cara for interviews or speaking events, contact her at caraf@illinois.edu)
Cara will deliver the keynote address at the 2023 International Visual Literacy Association conference, Oct. 5-8.
Listen to Cara's appearance on the Plodding Through the Presidents podcast (hosted by University of Illinois alumnus Howard Dorre):
Listen to Cara's appearance on the This American President podcast:
Cara was the guest of fellow rhetorician Lee Pierce on the New Books Network podcast: