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Behind TIME’s Donald Trump Person of the Year Cover

Behind TIME’s Donald Trump Person of the Year Cover

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time-behind-the-scenes-donald-trump-person-of-the-year-3 — The Nov. 28 photo shoot at the President-elect’s residence in Trump Tower.Paul Moakley for TIME

December 7, 2016 7:55 AM EST

For the 2016 Person of the Year issue, TIME commissioned Nadav Kander to photograph President-elect Donald Trump—the person deemed to have most influenced the year’s news, for better or worse—for the cover of the magazine.

Sharp-eyed readers may notice that this is not the first time that Kander has photographed the cover image for TIME’s Person of the Year issue. In fact, Kander took the cover portrait the last time an election-year President received the title, when President Barack Obama was Person of the Year in 2012.

For this issue, Kander also photographed the members of Trump’s inner circle.

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2016: Donald Trump person of the year — 2016: Donald TrumpTIME

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TIME Person of the Year 2014 Magazine Cover: The Ebola Fighters 141222 — 2014: The Ebola FightersTIME

2013: Pope Francis — 2013: Pope FrancisTIME

2012: Barack Obama — 2012: President Barack ObamaTIME

2011: The Protester — 2011: The ProtesterTIME

2010: Mark Zuckerberg — 2010: Mark Zuckerberg TIME

time-person-of-the-year-83 — 2009: Ben Bernanke TIME

2008: Barack Obama — 2008: President Barack ObamaTIME

2007: Vladimir Putin — 2007: Vladimir PutinTIME

time-person-of-the-year-80 — 2006: YouTIME

2005: The Good Samaritans: Bill Gates, Bono, Melinda Gates — 2005: The Good Samaritans: Bill Gates, Bono, Melinda GatesTIME

2004: President George W. Bush — 2004: President George W. BushTIME

2003: The American Soldier — 2003: The American SoldierTIME

2002: The Whistleblowers — 2002: The Whistleblowers: Cynthia Cooper, Coleen Rowley and Sherron Watkins TIME

2001: Rudy Giuliani — 2001: Rudy Giuliani TIME

2000: President George W. Bush — 2000: President George W. BushTIME

1999: Jeff Bezos — 1999: Jeff BezosTIME

1998: Kenneth Starr ad Bill Clinton — 1998: Kenneth Starr and Bill ClintonTIME

1997: Andrew Grove — 1997: Andrew GroveTIME

time-person-of-the-year-70 — 1996: Dr. David HoTIME

time-person-of-the-year-69 — 1995: Newt GingrichTIME

1994: Pope John Paul II — 1994: Pope John Paul IITIME

time-person-of-the-year-67 — 1993: The Peacemakers: Yitzhak Rabin, Nelson Mandela, F.W. De Klerk, Yasser ArafatTIME

TIME COVERS - THE 90'S — 1992: President Bill ClintonTIME

1991: Ted Turner — 1991: Ted TurnerTIME

time-person-of-the-year-64 — 1990: President George H.W. BushTIME

1989: Mikhail Gorbachev — 1989: Mikhail GorbachevTIME

time-person-of-the-year-62 — 1988: Endangered EarthTIME

1987: Mikhail Gorbachev — 1987: Mikhail GorbachevTIME

1986: Corazon Aquino — 1986: Corazon AquinoTIME

1985: Deng Xiaoping — 1985: Deng XiaopingTIME

1984: Peter Ueberroth — 1984: Peter UeberrothTIME

1983: President Ronald Reagan and Yuri Andropov — 1983: President Ronald Reagan and Yuri AndropovTIME

time-person-of-the-year-56 — 1982: The ComputerTIME

1981: Lech Wałęsa — 1981: Lech Wałęsa TIME

1980: President Ronald Reagan — 1980: President Ronald ReaganTIME

1979: Ayatollah Khomeini — 1979: Ayatollah KhomeiniTIME

1978: Deng Xiaoping — 1978: Deng XiaopingTIME

1977: Anwar Sadat — 1977: Anwar SadatTIME

time-person-of-the-year-50 — 1976: President Jimmy CarterTIME

1975: American Women — 1975: American WomenTIME

time-person-of-the-year-48 — 1974: King FaisalTIME

1973: John Sirica — 1973: John SiricaTIME

1972: President Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger — 1972: President Richard Nixon and Henry KissingerTIME

1971: President Richard Nixon — 1971: President Richard NixonTIME

1970: Willy Brandt — 1970: Willy BrandtTIME

1969: The Middle Americans — 1969: The Middle AmericansTIME

1968: The Apollo 8 astronauts — 1968: The Apollo 8 AstronautsTIME

1967: President Lyndon B. Johnson — 1967: President Lyndon B. JohnsonTIME

time-person-of-the-year-40 — 1966: Men and Women 25 and UnderTIME

1965: William Westmoreland — 1965: William WestmorelandTIME

1964: Lyndon B. Johnson — 1964: Lyndon B. JohnsonTIME

1963: Martin Luther King, Jr. — 1963: Martin Luther King, Jr.TIME

1962: Pope John XXIII — 1962: Pope John XXIIITIME

1961: President John F. Kennedy — 1961: President John F. KennedyTIME

1960: U.S. Scientists — 1960: U.S. ScientistsTIME

1959: President Dwight D. Eisenhower — 1959: President Dwight D. EisenhowerTIME

1958: Charles de Gaulle — 1958: Charles de GaulleTIME

1957: Nikita Khrushchev — 1957: Nikita KhrushchevTIME

time-person-of-the-year-30 — 1956: The Hungarian Freedom FighterTIME

1955: Harlow Curtice — 1955: Harlow CurticeTIME

1954: John Foster Dulles — 1954: John Foster DullesTIME

1953: Konrad Adenauer — 1953: Konrad AdenauerTIME

1952: Queen Elizabeth II — 1952: Queen Elizabeth IITIME

1951: Mohammad Mossadegh — 1951: Mohammad MossadeghTIME

1950: The American Fighting Man — 1950: The American Fighting Man TIME

1949: Winston Churchill — 1949: Winston ChurchillTIME

1948: President Harry S. Truman — 1948: President Harry S. TrumanTIME

time-person-of-the-year-21 — 1947: George MarshallTIME

1946: James F. Byrnes — 1946: James F. ByrnesTIME

1945: President Harry S. Truman — 1945: President Harry S. TrumanTIME

1944: Dwight D. Eisenhower — 1944: Dwight D. EisenhowerTIME

1943: George Marshall — 1943: George MarshallTIME

1942: Joseph Stalin — 1942: Joseph StalinTIME

1941: President Franklin D. Roosevelt — 1941: President Franklin D. RooseveltTIME

1940: Winston Churchill — 1940: Winston ChurchillTIME

1939: Joseph Stalin — 1939: Joseph StalinTIME

1938: Adolf Hitler — 1938: Adolf HitlerTIME

1937: Chiang Kai-shek and Soong May-ling — 1937: Chiang Kai-shek and Soong May-lingTIME

1936: Wallis Simpson — 1936: Wallis SimpsonTIME

1935: Haile Selassie — 1935: Haile SelassieTIME

1934: President Franklin D. Roosevelt — 1934: President Franklin D. RooseveltTIME

1933: Hugh S. Johnson — 1933: Hugh S. JohnsonTIME

1932: Franklin D. Roosevelt — 1932: Franklin D. RooseveltTIME

1931: Pierre Laval — 1931: Pierre LavalTIME

1930: Mahatma Gandhi — 1930: Mahatma GandhiTIME

1929: Owen D. Young — 1929: Owen D. YoungTIME

1928: Walter Chrysler — 1928: Walter ChryslerTIME

TIME Man of the Year 1927: Charles Lindbergh — 1927: Charles LindberghTIME

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