Bernstein later collaborated with his Post colleague Bob Woodward to write All the President's Men, documenting the Watergate scandal. Photo Fred J. Maroon . Whether displayed in an exhibition, published in newspapers or books, or broadcast on television, photographs provide visual records shaping our memory and history.
Photojournalists create images of history, whether candid or posed.
Curators in the National Museum of American History have worked with Maroon to exhibit his collection to the American public. His images will become a permanent part of the NMAH Photographic History Collection. Contact sheet from one roll of 35-mm film taken with a Leica M Viewfinder camera, during a half hour in the White House Oval Office, on the morning of February 10, 1971. Photo Fred J. Maroon . President Nixon heading to his office in the Old Executive Office Building, escorted by Secret Service agents front and rear, December 31, 1970.