SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE (USA): Unmasking Thomas Jefferson: The president's twin portraits.

Editorial Illustration
Written By Charis Tsevis

Smithsonian magazine commissioned me to create twin portraits of President Thomas Jefferson for a special issue on him and his secrets. The black-and-white version would symbolize the two sides of this historical personality. It is created with hundreds of photos, documents, and elements from the Jefferson's archives.

Jefferson was the third US president, 1801–1809, and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence. The two portraits stand for the two sides of his story.

This work uses the method described in Algorithmic Mosaic. More work of this kind: Applications · Editorial Illustration. The research behind the method: Research, Science and Technology.

Thomas Jefferson mosaic – president's two sides from historical documents.

The white portrait for the cover

Magazine cover mosaic portrait of Thomas Jefferson built from stamps, coins, documents, buildings and letters on white
Jefferson mosaic – handwritten letters and founding father portraits as tiles.

The black portrait for the internal pages

Magazine spread titled Master of Monticello with a dark mosaic portrait of Thomas Jefferson made of small historical images

On the Smithsonian Magazine's pages.

Charis Tsevis
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