DigitalJournalist - Senator Obama was doing press interviews by telephone in a holding room between events. Sometime later as he was getting ready to begin his event, he asked me if I was photographing his shoes. When I said yes, he told me that he had already had them resoled once since he entered the race a year earlier. Providence, R.I., 3/1/2008.
DigitalJournalist - The Obama family on their campaign bus before a Fourth of July picnic in Butte, Mont., 7/4/2008. They are watching a Fourth of July celebration while the crowd arrives at their own event.
DigitalJournalist - Waiting: Obama listens from a back stairwell as he is introduced in Muscatine, Iowa. It was his second or third speech of the day. Unlike many of the politicians I have photographed in the past, I find it is easy to get a photograph of Obama alone. He lets his staff do their jobs and not fuss over him. Nov. 7, 2007.
DigitalJournalist - I loved that he cleaned up after himself before leaving an ice cream shop in Wapello, Iowa. He didn't have to. The event was over and the press had left. He is used to taking care of things himself and I think this is one of the qualities that makes Obama different from so many other political candidates I've encountered. Nov. 7, 2007.
DigitalJournalist - On the campaign bus driving through New Hampshire, 1/6/2008.
DigitalJournalist - Asleep somewhere between Derry and Salem, N.H., 1/6/2008. With three rallies down and two more to go, Obama catches a quick nap on his campaign bus as it headed for Salem. I once asked him when we were traveling through Illinois and he was about to fall asleep, if he cared if I took a picture. He said I was fine photographing him until his jaw dropped. This night his jaw dropped after I took three frames.
DigitalJournalist - Two staffers had just passed this site and done two pull-ups. Not to be outdone, Obama did three with ease, dropped and walked out to make a speech. Missoula, Mont., 4/5/2008.
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[tags] barack, obama, election, Presidential, Campaign, behind, scene[/tags]
Old shoes are the most comfortable.
ReplyDeleteIt seems like the journalist really likes Obama, there wasn't one negative remark in there!
Hani Obaid
ReplyDeleteAs a photographer I'm not sure if I'll ever love a candidate or his money ;)
@Hani, there doesn't always have to be something negative. and I second what Jad is saying.
ReplyDeleteThat said, we all know he is an anti-Islamist pro-Israeli-Semite. So, I guess, here is your negative.