ABOUT THE FILM
Capturing Kennedy tells the story of Jacques Lowe, the Kennedy Family’s personal photographer who followed JFK from the earliest days of his 1960 campaign. Based on over 10 hours of newly discovered footage, the film traces Lowe’s story from his first days with the Kennedy’s to the loss of his negatives on September 11.
It reveals a uniquely American story of hope, loss, and the enduring power of political imagery.
1958 - 1963
Lowe’s work included many of the most iconic photographs of the Kennedy era, including images used for JFK’s campaign posters and the most recognized portrait of Jackie Kennedy.
2001
The vast majority of Lowe’s 40,000+ Kennedy negatives were lost in a Manhattan bank vault on September 11, 2001. The film also includes previously unpublished photographs of Ground Zero taken by a New York photographer who knew Lowe.
2020
The film tells the story of Lowe’s work through unpublished interviews shot by his friend Frank Harvey, who holds most of Lowe’s surviving Kennedy prints. In 2000, Harvey shot over 10 hours of interviews with Lowe that were rediscovered during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
“Lowe is able to show Kennedy all over the country - big cities, small towns - doing the hard work that is necessary if you’re going to run for president.”
-Professor Fredrik Logevall, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize & Author of JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century
Hundreds of unseen photographs from the JFK campaign and White House.
