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THE UNIVERSITY OF BALY KANSAS
MONDAY, AUGUST 14, 2006
》DOLE INSTITUTE
Incomparable access set photographs apart
BY ERIN CASTANEDA
While in office, Senator Bob Dole never threw anything away. The items he saved, including 25,000 photographs, now fill 3,500 boxes in the stacks of the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics.
The task of organizing these artifacts fell into the hands of two summer archive interns, Sarah Gilreath, Emporia senior, and Jennifer Donnally, Lawrence graduate student, searched through thousands of photographs each day.
It was political photographer PF
Bentley's candid black and white photographs of Dole that caught their attention and inspired them to create a new exhibit, "PF Bentley: Behind the Lens of the 1996 Dole Presidential Campaign." The exhibit will be on display in the institute through Sept. 30 and is free to the public.
Bentley is famous for his incomparable access to politicians such as Dole, Bill Clinton and Newt Gingrich. His embedded style offers the public a behind-the-scenes look at their daily lives.
Gilreath said she thought it would
be hard for other photographers to reach Bentley's level of success.
"I've never come across another photographer that has the same access he did. I think it is what many would like to attain, but many haven’t," she said.
Jean Bischoff, senior archivist at the Dole Institute, said she appreciated the photos because they reveal
the character of the man, which is something that is difficult to see when a candidate is behind the podium.
"His photos tell a story, and they tell me not only what a day in the life of a candidate is like, but how the man is," she said. "Character is important."
Bentley captured Dole during
intimate moments with his wife, Elizabeth, looking emotional when he left the Senate in 1996 and laughing at Clinton talking on a television program. Bischoff said it was unusual to get a photograph of Dole smiling and relaxing. The photograph was possible, she said, because politicians allowed Bentley to see them as people.
Bentley's work was influenced by Jacques Lowe, who changed the image of politicians when he followed the John F. Kennedy campaign, Bischoff said. Before Lowe, photos of politicians were complete-
lv different, Bischoff said.
Bentley has won several awards and honors for his coverage of presidential campaigns in the United States. He compiled his photos from the Clinton campaign for the best selling book "Clinton: Portrait of Victory". He has also covered international events such as Fidel Castro's regime.
Kansan staff writer Erin Castaneda can be contacted at eacsteneda@ kansan.com.
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Dustin Bentley's friends called him a great listener and the best human being they knew — a guy who just enjoyed life. His girlfriend had a nickname for him: "Panda."
The Prairie Village sophomore died Aug. 7 after collapsing in the shower at his home.
Bentley, 19, was preparing to his girlfriend, Laura Kitzmiller,
"He was just the best guy," Kitzmiller said. Today "would have been our year and a half anniversary."
Prairie Village freshman.
An autopsy has been performed, but it will be several weeks or months before a cause of death is known. A memorial service celebrating his life took place Saturday at Unity Temple on the Plaza in Kansas City, Mo.
Bentley, who lived in Jayhawker Towers during the school year, planned to major in industrial
design. He loved tattoos.
Kitzmiller and several of her and Bentley's friends plan to get memorial tattoos. Kitzmiller wants one of a panda on her right leg, along with a Bentley motto, "It's all good."
He was born Jan. 20, 1987, at his family's former home in Peculiar, Mo. He is survived by Kitzmiller, his parents Eileen Wilson Bentley and Mark Bentley and his brothers, Tom and Sam.
met Kitzmiller. The couple enjoyed movie nights and shared a love for design.
"He was so kind to everyone and he was such a hard guy not to like," Kitzmiller said. "He always wanted to help people who needed help."
Kansan staff writer David Linhardt can be contacted at dlinhardt@ kansan.com.
Bentley attended Shawne Mission East High School, where he
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