Richard M. Nixon

Richard M. Nixon: "lie Atkins was the official White House photographer for Richard M. Nixon from his first election in 1968 until his resignation in 1974. Prior to the Nixon administration, Atkins also had the opportunity to photograph Nixon several times as Vice-President to Dwight Eisenhower. Nixon himself said of Ollie:

'I have known Ollie Atkins for almost twenty-five years. I first saw his photographs in the old Saturday Evening Post when I was a young Congressman, and right away I could see that his eye and his camera lens penetrated the superficial 'news value' of an event, and captured its deeper human dimension. That is why I asked Ollie to head theWhite House photographic office.'

-Richard Nixon, foreword to Atkins' book Eye on Nixon

To see a blowup of the photograph just click on the image. The three-part number code refers to the folder number in the Atkins Collection.


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1. Richard M. Nixon and Spiro T. Agnew celebrate their nomination at the Republican National Co"