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08/24/2020

Last night there was a "GoGo Concert" and protest in front of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's DC Home. More comments in the photo captions. Unfortunately, I did not record audio or you'd hear the great music from the band.

08/20/2020

Looks like my photo of Gov. Cuomo made the front cover of the National Edition of the New York Post today.

08/11/2020

It's official, Biden / Harris 2020. Next up: the POTUS / VPOTUS debates. (Biden image from Delaware at the last pre-pandemic press conference in March, Harris from Iowa last summer)

08/07/2020

The House was in recess and the Senate is after today but my days were long this week at the Capitol with what was going on. The big issues was the Coronavirus relief bill. Here are some images (and photo captions to explain) including some behind-the-scenes...

07/23/2020

Very rarely is the Upper West Terrace used for events at the Capitol. The most famous one is every four years for the inauguration. Today was one of those rare days when the Great American Outdoors Act (H.R. 1957) was signed this morning by the House Speaker. I loved the view...

07/21/2020

I guess one could say that Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) was in a fighting mood today wanting to get the HEROES Act passed in the Senate. #ChrisVanHollen Senator Van Hollen #HeroesAct #HeroesActNow

06/03/2020

Police Target Journalists as Trump Blames ‘Lamestream Media’ for Protests

This is very troubling! (not to worry, I am safe) https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/01/business/media/reporters-protests-george-floyd.html?referringSource=articleShare&fbclid=IwAR1fHebSXSt-M-4I7dUVo5A4z2DOS96KIyhbvuCyV0-Ok494ucKNh-F8h80

“I’ve really never seen anything like this”: Reporters and news photographers describe being roughed up, arrested and shot with projectiles while covering demonstrations across the country.

03/02/2020

Самый молодой кандидат в президенты США, открытый гей Пит Буттиджич выбыл из предвыборной гонки

Pete Buttigieg dropping out of the race makes news in Russia (note photo credit in Russian Esquire magazine). https://esquire.ru/articles/160203-samyy-molodoy-kandidat-v-prezidenty-ssha-otkrytyy-gey-pit-buttidzhich-vybyl-iz-predvybornoy-gonki/

При этом политик заявил, что сделает все возможное, чтобы президентом стал демократ.

02/26/2020

Why is Bloomberg talking about the Naked Cowboy? A brief history of New York’s weirdest tourist attraction.

Mike Bloomberg + Presidential Debate = Naked Cowboy (photo taken during the solar eclipse on August 21, 2017) https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/02/26/bloomberg-naked-cowboy/

The Times Square fixture once tried to run against Bloomberg, and is an enthusiastic supporter of President Trump.

02/23/2020

I was honored this weekend with an Exhibit Award in the New York Press Photographers Association's 85th Annual Photography & Multimedia Contest. An image of Nancy Pelosi answering a reporter's question at a press conference at the Capitol on December 5, 2019. Thank you NYPPA! #photography #award

02/20/2020

B&H Photo Video Pro Audio

If you're having trouble falling asleep... (Soundtrack starts about 38 seconds into the video).

Professional photojournalist Michael Brochstein teaches you how to get started in the field of photojournalism. He covers topics including how photojournalists are hired, what gear and software to use, how to obtain "media access" and so much more!

02/13/2020

It's hard to predict the future but I'll bet the impeachment trial will be the most memorable news event this month. Since no still news photographers were allowed into the Senate chamber, I think that images like these, reminiscent of the 1948 "Dewey Defeats Truman" newspaper front page being held up by Truman, will be one of the images we remember from this month. On Thursday, February 6, the day after the trial ended, the president held an event in the East Room of the White House where he talked about the impeachment and held up a copy of that day's Washington Post with the headline "Trump acquitted".

02/10/2020

Last week was a historic week. The impeachment trial ended and the president responded to that. Since photographers are not allowed in the Senate chamber we try to capture images of newsmakers near the Senate subway, at the myriad of press conferences and committee hearings and of course at the White House. Photos sorted in chronological order (Capitol photos Monday - Wednesday and WH photos Thursday - Friday).

02/02/2020

Impeachment trial = intense and long days for the press covering the Capitol. Many press conferences (i.e. Schumer's at 11 each day), catching newsmakers where we can in the hallways and coming off the subway under the Capitol, impromptu press conferences, staying in the "pens" when our movements are restricted. Can you identify all the newsmakers in these images?

09/26/2019

Scenes from today at the UN General Assembly's General Debate where *many* heads of states (and some others) speak over the course of a week. Can you name all the people speaking at the rostrum in these images?

09/22/2019

Clever signs, lots of youthful enthusiasm, good organization and a huge turnout, mostly of K-12 youth. I am very encouraged by the civic engagement of these kids. More engaged / active than recent generations (and my own included).

Clever signs, lots of youthful enthusiasm, good organization and a huge turnout, mostly of K-12 youth. I am very encouraged by the civic engagement of these kids. More engaged / active than recent generations (and my own included).

09/17/2019

An uplifting experience, a Naturalization Ceremony (when people become US citizens) held today in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building which is part of the White House complex. This one with Vice President Pence.

09/12/2019

Yesterday's September 11 Pentagon Memorial Observance Ceremony at the Pentagon.

09/09/2019

In action by the South Lawn of the White House this afternoon.

08/19/2019

The political side of the Iowa State Fair centers around the Soapbox where politicians give speeches and in other parts of the fair where they interact with attendees etc. Everyone at the fair and in the rest of Iowa were "Iowa Nice" - a fun experience (albeit sometimes very hot and humid).

08/18/2019

Five "Mayor Pete" Buttigieg events in two days. In Tipton, Muscatine, Fairfield, Ottumwa, and Oskaloosa, Iowa. These plus three other times that I have heard (and photographed) him have given me a very positive impression of him and of Iowa.

08/16/2019

Looking for some food ideas for what to eat this weekend? Maybe these food establishments at the Iowa State Fair will help you with ideas. A corn dog seemed to be considered the "classic" food at this fair - they grow a *lot* of corn in Iowa.

08/15/2019

20+ presidential campaigns means too many campaign events on many/most days in Iowa for one person to be at. Here is Kamala Harris in Davenport earlier this week.

08/08/2019

Biden in the Barn. More accurately, former Vice President Joe Biden speaking at a campaign event at "Barn on the Ridge" in Burlington, IA. IMO, he gave an excellent speech.

07/26/2019

Every once in a while something happens in DC that virtually everyone thinks is good. This week Congress voted overwhelmingly to pass permanent funding for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act. The speakers at the event were limited to the leaders in each house that led the fight for passage in both parties as well as a few people directly connected with victims.

07/21/2019

I expected a Trump for President rally in Greenville, NC and all that it implies. I didn't expect that the crowd would give a chant that is still being talked about ("Send her back"). The ~8,500 people present seemed to be *very very* enthusiastic about being there and I think were very happy with the program. Here are views from inside and outside the venue along with some captions.

07/17/2019

It's going to be a long evening...

07/10/2019

On Monday, the president and others in his administration spoke about "America's Environmental Leadership". The NYT explained that consultants from his re-election campaign said he was polling poorly in this area and that that prompted the event.

07/09/2019

A large number of Democratic Senators and Representatives held an event on the steps of the Capitol today to support people with pre-existing conditions (there is currently a court case that threatens the ACA etc). Each member of Congress held a photo of a constituent of theirs who has a pre-existing condition who might be threatened if the ACA ceases to exist.

07/07/2019

Popular with his fans and holding court with the press as he left for the weekend on Friday on Marine One.

07/07/2019

The president's speech was a small part of the program on National Mall time-wise. You probably only saw a basic image or two in the news media (there was *lots* of media present), maybe with a flyover. Most of the program was of military groups performing. Here is a more balanced portrayal than just the the headline image. Note that it rained the whole time and any specks you see in an image is probably rain.

07/04/2019

At the National Mall by 7am to position my ladder, already *quite* humid (serious heat, "feels like" 97 expected at 4pm, plus some rain in the forecast), it's going to be a long day... Happy Independence Day!

07/03/2019

A rally this evening held opposite the apartment building in Brooklyn where Senator Schumer lives to protest the detention of migrants at the southern border.

07/01/2019

It is impossible for one person to capture all the newsworthy events at the US Capitol on busy days. The large news outlets assign multiple people. Every day there are numerous committee meetings and press oriented events. The ornate building (particularly inside) never lets one forget that they are in a special place. In the following photos I will try to give you a small sense of this (READ THE CAPTIONS!). The following images are from four long days last week, and indeed they only capture a small percentage of what transpired there then.

06/30/2019

The NYC Pride March