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Jan. 04, 1993: From the Publisher
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
Jan. 04, 1993 Man of the Year:Bill Clinton
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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FROM THE PUBLISHER, Page 4
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<p> There is something about Presidents and other indigenous
people that fascinates William Coupon. The photographer for our
Man of the Year cover has spent years traveling the globe
capturing images of world leaders, celebrities and members of
vanishing primitive tribes. His style is well suited to such
serious subject matter--intimate pictures using textured
backgrounds that give his work a painterly quality reminiscent of
Rembrandt's emotional canvases of the kings and prophets of the
Bible. "The format is respectful," says Coupon. "Therefore what
you have is a more revealing portrait of a person."
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<p> Coupon's ability to work fast was ideal for the harried
schedule of President-elect Bill Clinton. The photo session
immediately followed the interview with Clinton by managing
editor Henry Muller, deputy M.E. John F. Stacks, chief political
correspondent Michael Kramer and White House correspondent
Margaret Carlson. After shooting six rolls of film in seven
minutes, William put down his camera and told Clinton, "I think
I got it." Unaccustomed to such a fast-working photographer, the
stunned President-elect responded, "You are the first
photographer I didn't stop first."
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<p> The Man of the Year cover stories were edited by senior
editor Thomas Sancton, who only recently realized he has been
following the career of Bill Clinton for more than two decades.
A graduate of Harvard, Sancton headed off to Oxford as a Rhodes
scholar in 1971, sailing to England three years after Clinton
made the same journey. After finishing his doctorate, Sancton
joined TIME's World section in New York City, then headed to
Paris as a correspondent in 1982. Four years later, Sancton
returned to New York, where he began editing TIME International.
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<p> During the campaign this past fall, Sancton headed our
Nation section as it followed the rise of Arkansas'
saxophone-playing Governor. Like Clinton, Sancton has a deep
love of music, having studied the clarinet in his native New
Orleans with the great George Lewis. "I find it amusing that he
is a fellow Southern Rhodes scholar who plays a reed
instrument," he says. Sancton still finds time to cut records
and jam with the likes of Woody Allen and Doc Cheatham. This
week Tom once again departs for the City of Light in order to
take over as Paris bureau chief. "Having worked for TIME on both
sides of the Atlantic, I find there's little real difference
between foreign and domestic news--a good story is a good
story, and Europe will be full of them." We wish him a good
tour.
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<p>-- Elizabeth P. Valk
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