Working the Wire

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.