Tag: politics
A Few Thoughts on Covering Campaign Rallies
In March, before the Arizona primaries, all of the major candidates passed through the state. Well except for John Kasich, who seemed only marginally interested in campaigning outside of this home state. Both Clintons, Bernie Sanders, and Donald Trump all held events in the week before the election. For me it produced a bumper crop of political photos.
Earlier this week I found out that Saturday might be the last time a presidential candidate visits Arizona during this election cycle.
Election Season by the Passes
This is my Arizona election season summed up in press passes.
Now that they’re scanned in and the paper is about to be thrown out this is the first time I’ve looked at them all together. I’ve also noticed a few things that I didn’t see before.
Regardless of personal politics, covering these events offers quite a bit of insight that doesn’t come across in the news reports. But at the end of the day, it’s just another person giving a speech in bad light.
Election 2016: The Difference in the Crowds
In March, for the first time in a long time, Arizona mattered in a presidential primary. The 2016 campaigns descended on the state with all the candidates but John Kasich making an appearance.
The Trump rally in Fountain Hills made the national news because of the protesters that closed the roads into the small suburb. I passed a few of them on the way in. The road was still open at the time.
My Guest Post on PetaPixel
I wrote about my experiences covering the GOP candidates in Nevada for PetaPixel.
Overwhelmed and Undergeared: Two Days on the Campaign Trail in Nevada
Give it a read, it’s a pretty good look at the utter insanity of what goes on behind-the-scenes during a campaign event.
That feeling when you wake up as a photojournalist
So this thing happened, and now I’m off to cover the GOP candidates in Nevada. Go figure.
About a month ago, a news wire service called Demotix was shuttered in a nobody saw that coming deal where Corbis Images was sold to a Chinese company. So what little work I had posted there is gone. It might pop back up at some point but other than the “we’re closed, see ya!” email, no one’s heard anything.
This shouldn't even be a debate.
I’m not sure what happened to the world.