We remember former President Jimmy Carter through a slightly different lens-- through the eyes of a longtime friend and through the portraits of Carter that are housed here at the National Portrait Gallery.Political aide Jack Watson met Carter 10 years before he became president. He found a farmer in work clothes driving a Chevy and quoting philosophy. Over their long friendship and while serving as chief of staff, Jack came to appreciate Carter as a man who was willing to take "bitter medicine" to do what he felt was right for the country. Jack describes a huge Polaroid portrait of Carter by the landscape photographer Ansel Adams, and he also explains why a softly lit painting depicting Carter in the Oval Office is not one of his favorites.See the portraits we discussed:<a href="https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.80.305?destination=edan-search/default_search%3Fedan_local%3D1%26edan_q%3Djimmy%252Bcarter">Jimmy Carter, by Ansel Adams</a><a href="https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.80.306?destination=edan-search/default_search%3Fpage%3D1%26edan_local%3D1%26edan_q%3Djimmy%252Bcarter">Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, by Ansel Adams</a><a href="https://npg.si.edu/learn/access-programs/verbal-description-tours/jimmy-carter">Jimmy Carter, by Robert Templeton</a>Other portraits in the collection:<a href="https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.89.83.14?destination=edan-search/default_search%3Fpage%3D1%26edan_local%3D1%26edan_q%3Dcarter">Jimmy Carter, by Richard Avedon</a><a href="https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.78.TC286?destination=edan-search/default_search%3Fpage%3D1%26edan_local%3D1%26edan_q%3Dcarter">Jimmy Carter, by Alan Reingold</a> (Time magazine)<a href="https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.2006.101?destination=edan-search/default_search%3Fedan_local%3D1%26edan_q%3Dcarter">Jimmy Carter, by Andy Warhol</a>

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