Books By Politicians

It is interesting how certain designs or design elements become expected of a genre. Often times, horror books use blood or red text, mysteries use silhouettes and political books use the American flag. Searching through images of political books led me to notice a sub-genre: the political autobiography. What was interesting, i.e. made me laugh, about these covers was all of the "Don't mind me, I'm just a relaxed politician" photographs on the covers.

 

 

It's definitely a popular way to portray to a political figure. Even though the cover designs are nothing to write home about, they feel appropriate for the authors and subjects. I'm not sure how else a designer could make someone look powerful and approachable at the same time.