Working the Wire

Slideshow I shot and produced for the AP taking a look at the Obama Wall, a series of panels that were put up near the Lincoln Memorial that prompted an outpouring of public writings to president-elect Obama.

Wow. I feel so privileged to have been in this city at this time in history. It was an amazing night with 20 hours of it spent working.
 
This photo is from the instant the students at Howard University, a traditionally black college in DC, realized that Obama had won the presidency.
 
The room exploded into so much noise that it went silent.

AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

And then there was crying, hugging, shouting, more crying, and lots of calling Mom. It was so touching to be there hearing these students say things like “Now we can do anything” that I cried a little too.
 
So now when people ask me what the “best thing” I’ve photographed in my career is, it will definitely have been this moment on this night.

Just one day until election day…..

AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

To avoid missing voting because I’ll be working like a maniac tomorrow, I voted today! It felt rather empowering I must say, especially since this is such an impactful and historic election year.

I feel privileged to have had the opportunity to photograph all the Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates in the last couple months (fortunately for me I cover northern Virginia!), in my first presidential election season with the AP. I even covered the outgoing President last week!

The candidates, and the President:

AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin

AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin