Epicenter Communications, an official licensee of the Presidential Inaugural Committee (PIC), announced details of the official inaugural photography book project, which will commemorate President-elect Barack Obama's upcoming inauguration. The project will include images from some of the world's most influential photographers and ' for the first time ever ' feature photos submitted online by everyday people documenting their personal celebrations of President-elect Obama's inauguration festivities.Photos can be submitted starting today at either the book's official site (http://www.obamaphotobook.com/) or in an inaugural photo site on Photobucket. A selection of photo submissions will be chosen for inclusion in a large-format book, published by Five Ties Publishing, New York, which will be available for purchase nationwide on April 29, 2009 ' Obama's 100th day in office.
Also, for the first time, individual amateur photographers will be able to send in their photographs and create their own customizable print-on-demand inaugural album using Kodak imaging and printing technologies ' creating a truly personal memento of a 'people's inaugural.'
In addition to user-submitted images, the commemorative works will include images from an elite team of award-winning photojournalists led by David Hume Kennerly, a Pulitzer Prize winner who served as official photographer for the Ford White House, and Bob McNeely, who served as President Clinton's official photographer.
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