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For a public figure of such long-standing, Bob Dole is a private
man at heart. That made photographer P.F. Bentley's task of
capturing Dole's intimate side an unusual challenge. Yet within
a few days of Bentley's arrival at Dole's Capitol Hill office
last January, he was able to win the candidate's confidence. The
result is a photographic portfolio, samples of which appear in
the following pages, chronicling a 10-month passage from
spirited beginnings to a melancholy end.
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Pictures of the president are as common as postcards--especially
in an election year. The vast majority are taken under the tight
control of White House imagemakers whose job it is to filter out
all but the most flattering poses. An exception was made for
Time photographer Diana Walker, who was granted special access
that allowed her to capture Bill Clinton "away from the theater
of the photo op, away from the lights and mikes." The result is
the portfolio of intimate campaign portraits that appears on the
following pages.
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