Worst Party featured in Hant Magazine


HANT - Magazin für Fotografie published a portfolio of my work from the 2016 presidential election in their eighth issue, which came out in November 2016. I wasn't familiar with the magazine before they approached me, but it's one I'll keep an eye on; each issue prints a wide variety of boundary-pushing photography from around the world and it's beautifully designed and printed. The magazine was awarded in the 2016 Visual Leader awards in Germany last year, alongside other leading publications including Der Spiegel, Zeit, Stern, Dummy, and others. They published a handful of pictures from "This is the worst party I've ever been to." over 8 pages in the magazine, and you can see the spreads above.

Thanks to Dominik Bönisch, Alexander Grüner, and the rest of the team there for including me in such wonderful company.

It might be difficult to get a copy of the magazine, but you can see some photos of spreads throughout the issue at the HANT website.

Tearsheets: Philippe Douste-Blazy’s campaign for WHO Director-General for M, Le Monde’s weekend magazine


A couple months ago I had a fascinating opportunity to follow around French politician Philippe Douste-Blazy as he campaigned around Harvard University's School of Public Health in a bid (ultimately unsuccessful) to become the World Health Organization's Director-General for an assignment for M, the weekend magazine of the French newspaper Le Monde. It was a quick succession of one meeting after another in sterile classroom settings. I was thankful for instructions from my editor Laurence to use the technique I've been working on in my project on American politics, This is the worst party I've ever been to., as a way of cutting past the surface level of a politician politicking, albeit in a much different arena than I'm used to.

Douste-Blazy has been, at various times: a member of European parliament; the French Minister of Health; the French Minister of Culture; mayor of Toulouse, France, French Minister of Foreign Affairs, Under-Secretary-General, Special Adviser on innovative Financing for Development in the United Nations; and chairman of UNITAID. While this campaign at Harvard was on a much smaller scale than either he or I have seen before, the glad-handing and speechifying was very familiar territory.

You can see the two spreads above, published in the 14 January 2017, issue of the magazine, or, if you read French, can check out the article online. I haven't seen the print edition of the magazine yet, but I'm told I was listed up front in the "contributor" section, as well.

Thanks to Laurence and the rest of the team at Le Monde for letting me do my thing on this story.

Interview and images in British Journal of Photography


A big thank you to Simon Bainbridge and the rest of the crew at the British Journal of Photography for featuring my work on the 2016 election in the November issue of the British Journal of Photography. There were a handful of images published across 5 pages (seen here) in the print edition, and more online.

I haven't seen the print copy in person yet, so I haven't gotten to see the other half of the feature with Greg Miller's beautiful project "We The People," but you can check it out on his website or the BJP site.

Four images included in Time’s “82 Most Unforgettable Photos From the Election”


Four of my photos from 2015 and 2016 election coverage have been included in Time magazine's "82 Most Unforgettable Photos From the Election." The selected images include Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump (from an assignment for the Wall Street Journal), Rand Paul, and Jim Gilmore (from an assignment for Time).

Special thanks to Time editors Paul Moakley, Chelsea Matiash, and Olivier Laurent, for their support throughout the campaign. Being included among such other stellar work in this gallery is like icing on the cake!

Election night with Donald Trump for Bloomberg Businessweek


I spent election night covering Donald Trump's rally for Bloomberg Businessweek. You can see the results in these spreads from the Nov. 14-20, 2016, issue of the magazine. There are additional images on the Bloomberg website: Inside Election Night at the Trump and Clinton Parties: Photos of shocked joy and stunned silence as the results came in.

What we know now that I didn't know then, was that Trump would win the election that night. The plan from the get-go was to have two covers, one from Clinton's rally and one from Trump's, each focusing on supporters. We thought my coverage would be of disappointed Trump supporters, but halfway through that really long night, it became apparent that I was covering a victory celebration. My friend Jonno Rattman, a photographer you should check out if you don't know his work, covered Clinton, and it was an honor to share the election night coverage with him. Check out the two covers side-by-side. His pictures are also seen next to mine in two of the 4-image spreads included here, and he had a couple of additional double-trucks not shown here.

A huge thank you to Clinton and Eugene (with whom I worked on the Bus to November project), and the wonderful designers and other editors at Bloomberg Businessweek. They had a great plan for the coverage going into the final day, and then when it all changed at the last minute, provided great support throughout the night and then made a magazine in a few hours on Nov. 9. I so rarely get to see the inner workings of editorial publishing up close, but in this case it was impressive to see it all come together.

Exhibition and talks at Feztival Vizualizator – Nov. 15-22


I'll be heading to Belgrade, Serbia, from Nov. 15 to 22, 2016, to take part in Feztival Vizualizator, an annual festival of photography run by the Centar Za Razvoj Fotografije. I will be showing and talking about my ongoing work on American politics, "This is the worst party I've ever been to."

This opportunity came about thanks to a few different individuals and organizations. I first met Zvezdan Mančić while in Sofia, Bulgaria, earlier this year for the BG Press Photo exhibition and talks showing the same work. So, thanks are due to Denislav and Tsvetan and everyone else in Bulgaria for the introduction and initial support in bringing the work to the Balkans. Thanks also to Zvezdan and Marija and everyone involved in Feztival Vizualizator for working to make this happen and to find funding to bring me to the exhibition. And, on that subject, a huge thank you to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, and especially to Olja and the rest of the team at the OSCE's Mission to Serbia, for providing the funding and other support.

If you don't already know about the OSCE, their about page is a good place to learn about what they do, as is the wikipedia page, which states, "The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is the world's largest security-oriented intergovernmental organization. Its mandate includes issues such as arms control and the promotion of human rights, freedom of the press and fair elections."