mr. mark updegrove who is going to be the moderator. he's the director of the lyndon baines johnson presidential library and museum, and he himself is a journalist and an acclaimed author, and i hope he asks these guys the toughest questions, so without any further adieu, please welcome mr. mark updegrove, miss susan sterner, miss carol powers and mr. david hume kennerly. [ applause ] >> well, thank you. it's a great honor to be here. the great ancel adams photographer once said a photograph is usually looked at but rarely looked into. today we have the opportunity to look into the photographs of three great photographers and what they say about three extraordinary first ladies, two of whom are in the first row. betty ford, barbara bush and laura bush, and i have the easiest job of anybody today because i get to run this panel like tom sawyer painted his fence. i get my friends to do it, and they are going to share some of their work with you and talk about the extraordinary images that they have taken, and the first one up at this podi

mr. mark updegrove, miss susan sterner, miss carol powers and mr. david hume kennerly. >> well, thank you. it's a great honor to be here. the great ancel adams nce sa photographer once said a photograph is usually looked at but rarely looked into. today we have the opportunity to look into the photographs of th three great photographers and what they say about three extraordinary first ladies, two of whom are in the first row. betty ford, barbara bush and laura bush, and i have the , an easiest job of anybody today because i get to run this panel like tom sawyer painted his fence. i get my friends to do it, and they are going to share some of their work with you and talk f about the extraordinary images t that they have taken, and the na first one up at this podium will be david kennerly, and i'll tell you a quick story about david kennerly which happens to be tr true. it involves henry kissinger with whom david worked at the ford white house, and i was hosting a lunch for dr. kissinger some time back, and i mentioned in david's name. and dr. kissin