Mimo, the smart baby monitor, for the Wall Street Journal
June 2, 2014

 10-month-old Sadie Gutner wears a Mimo onesie with sensors at the Mimo headquarters Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Mon., April 28, 2014. Sadie is the daughter of Mike Gutner who handles operations for Mimo, and she is wearing one of the company's onesies, made by Mimo, which has a variety of sensors on it. The onesie has a detachable frog-shaped communication device that transmits data from the onesie's sensors and sends the data to a smartphone app, which displays information about the baby's respiration, skin temperature, position, and activity level. The onesie is washable and the device is water-resistant.
Dulcie Madden, co-founder and CEO of Mimo, displays a baby onesie that Mimo manufactures in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Mon., April 28, 2014. The onesie has a detachable frog-shaped communication device that transmits data from the onesie's sensors and sends the data to a smartphone app, which displays information about the baby's respiration, skin temperature, position, and activity level.
Partially assembled Mimo smart monitor devices lay on a desk at the Mimo headquarters Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Mon., April 28, 2014. Mimo manufactures a baby onesie that has a variety of sensors on it. The onesie has a detachable frog-shaped communication device that transmits data from the onesie's sensors and sends the data to a smartphone app, which displays information about the baby's respiration, skin temperature, position, and activity level. The onesie is washable and the device is water-resistant.
Dulcie Madden, co-founder and CEO of Mimo, holds 10-month-old Sadie Gutner at the Mimo headquarters Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Mon., April 28, 2014. Sadie is the daughter of Mike Gutner who handles operations for Mimo, and she is wearing one of the company's onesies, made by Mimo, which has a variety of sensors on it. The onesie has a detachable frog-shaped communication device that transmits data from the onesie's sensors and sends the data to a smartphone app, which displays information about the baby's respiration, skin temperature, position, and activity level. The onesie is washable and the device is water-resistant.
For a Wall Street Journal piece on wearable technology for babies, I photographed Rest Devices co-founder Dulcie Madden and the Mimo smart baby monitor at the companies headquarters in downtown Boston. It's the first time I've really photographed a baby, so the shoot presented some challenges.

The story is available online at the Wall Street Journal website and there are more pictures from the shoot available in my archive.

Michael Levin and the Tufts Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology for New Scientist magazine
May 30, 2014

 Dr. Michael Levin is a professor and director of the Tufts Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology in the Department of Biology at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, USA. Levin's research focuses on the way that animal cells communicate with one another during embryonic development and cell and tissue regeneration. Levin's lab currently uses frogs and freshwater planaria worms for research.
Collected frog eggs float in a petri dish in the Tufts Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology in the Department of Biology at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, USA. Levin's research focuses on the way that animal cells communicate with one another during embryonic development and cell and tissue regeneration. Levin's lab currently uses frogs and freshwater planaria worms for research.
Frogs swim in tanks in Dr. Michael Levin's lab at the Tufts Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology in the Department of Biology at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, USA. Levin's research focuses on the way that animal cells communicate with one another during embryonic development and cell and tissue regeneration. Levin's lab currently uses frogs and freshwater planaria worms for research.
Dr. Michael Levin is a professor and director of the Tufts Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology in the Department of Biology at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, USA. Levin's research focuses on the way that animal cells communicate with one another during embryonic development and cell and tissue regeneration. Levin's lab currently uses frogs and freshwater planaria worms for research.
A frog with an extra working eye on its back (near the top of the left leg) swims in a tank in Dr. Michael Levin's lab at the Tufts Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology in the Department of Biology at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, USA. Researchers caused this extra eye to grow on the frog by taking cells that would become an eye from one frog egg and transplanting it onto cells that would become a frog's back in another egg. The donor egg developed two eyes normally, and the recipient egg developed two normal eyes and the third, all of which function as normal eyes would in a frog. This frog was born in August 2011 and continues to live as normal as of May 2014. Levin's research focuses on the way that animal cells communicate with one another during embryonic development and cell and tissue regeneration. Levin's lab currently uses frogs and freshwater planaria worms for research.
Freshwater planaria worms float in petri dishes in Dr. Michael Levin's lab at the Tufts Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology in the Department of Biology at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, USA. These planaria worms exhibit abnormalities found in worm colonies, including worms with multiple heads, and have been tracked in the lab since 2010. Some of the abnormalities have been achieved through drug treatments such as gap junction blocking, which blocks communication between cells during development. Levin's research focuses on the way that animal cells communicate with one another during embryonic development and cell and tissue regeneration. Levin's lab currently uses frogs and freshwater planaria worms for research. Switzer collects eggs from adult frogs to be used in research.
Adult frogs live in the "frog system" in Dr. Michael Levin's lab at the Tufts Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology in the Department of Biology at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, USA. Levin's research focuses on the way that animal cells communicate with one another during embryonic development and cell and tissue regeneration. Levin's lab currently uses frogs and freshwater planaria worms for research.
Dr. Michael Levin is a professor and director of the Tufts Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology in the Department of Biology at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, USA. Levin's research focuses on the way that animal cells communicate with one another during embryonic development and cell and tissue regeneration. Levin's lab currently uses frogs and freshwater planaria worms for research.
Earlier this month, I spent about an hour with Dr. Michael Levin in his lab at the Tufts Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology for New Scientist magazine. It was a typical lab shoot in that most labs are pretty similar, but Levin's work involves live frogs and I was excited to try and integrate the animals into the shots. Holding the frogs is pretty well out of the question; while photographing a lab tech gathering eggs, the frogs kept jumping all over the place.

You can see how the magazine ran the pictures over in the tearsheets section of this website.

More images are available at my online archive.

Glenn Greenwald for Dagbladet Information
May 27, 2014

 Glenn Greenwald speaks with an interviewer at the Hotel Marlowe in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Greenwald is a lawyer, blogger, writer, and journalist, known most recently for his role in the Snowden NSA leaks. Greenwald recently received a Polk Award for National Security Reporting, and the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.
Glenn Greenwald (dark suit) and Noam Chomsky speak to an audience at the First Parish Church in Harvard Square for a Harvard Book Store author event in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. The event was part of a book tour for Greenwald's recently released book, No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State. Chomsky is a well-known linguist, professor at MIT, and writer on political topics. Greenwald is a lawyer, blogger, writer, and journalist, known most recently for his role in the Snowden NSA leaks. Greenwald recently received a Polk Award for National Security Reporting, and the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.
Glenn Greenwald (dark suit) and Noam Chomsky speak to an audience at the First Parish Church in Harvard Square for a Harvard Book Store author event in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. The event was part of a book tour for Greenwald's recently released book, No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State. Chomsky is a well-known linguist, professor at MIT, and writer on political topics. Greenwald is a lawyer, blogger, writer, and journalist, known most recently for his role in the Snowden NSA leaks. Greenwald recently received a Polk Award for National Security Reporting, and the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.
Glenn Greenwald speaks with an interviewer at the Hotel Marlowe in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Greenwald is a lawyer, blogger, writer, and journalist, known most recently for his role in the Snowden NSA leaks. Greenwald recently received a Polk Award for National Security Reporting, and the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.
Glenn Greenwald poses for a portrait at the Hotel Marlowe in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Greenwald is a lawyer, blogger, writer, and journalist, known most recently for his role in the Snowden NSA leaks. Greenwald recently received a Polk Award for National Security Reporting, and the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.
Glenn Greenwald (dark suit) and Noam Chomsky speak to an audience at the First Parish Church in Harvard Square for a Harvard Book Store author event in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. The event was part of a book tour for Greenwald's recently released book, No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State. Chomsky is a well-known linguist, professor at MIT, and writer on political topics. Greenwald is a lawyer, blogger, writer, and journalist, known most recently for his role in the Snowden NSA leaks. Greenwald recently received a Polk Award for National Security Reporting, and the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.
Glenn Greenwald (dark suit) and Noam Chomsky speak to an audience at the First Parish Church in Harvard Square for a Harvard Book Store author event in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. The event was part of a book tour for Greenwald's recently released book, No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State. Chomsky is a well-known linguist, professor at MIT, and writer on political topics. Greenwald is a lawyer, blogger, writer, and journalist, known most recently for his role in the Snowden NSA leaks. Greenwald recently received a Polk Award for National Security Reporting, and the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.
Glenn Greenwald (dark suit) and Noam Chomsky speak to an audience at the First Parish Church in Harvard Square for a Harvard Book Store author event in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. The event was part of a book tour for Greenwald's recently released book, No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State. Chomsky is a well-known linguist, professor at MIT, and writer on political topics. Greenwald is a lawyer, blogger, writer, and journalist, known most recently for his role in the Snowden NSA leaks. Greenwald recently received a Polk Award for National Security Reporting, and the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.
Glenn Greenwald speaks with an interviewer at the Hotel Marlowe in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Greenwald is a lawyer, blogger, writer, and journalist, known most recently for his role in the Snowden NSA leaks. Greenwald recently received a Polk Award for National Security Reporting, and the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.
A couple weeks ago I had the great opportunity to photograph Glenn Greenwald for Dagbladet Information, a large Danish newspaper. Greenwald was visiting Cambridge, MA, on tour promoting his latest book, No Place to Hide, and would be speaking with Noam Chomsky as part of Harvard Book Store's phenomenal author lecture series. The newspaper arranged time for a 15-minute interview beforehand, but not time for a portrait, so I took pictures during the interview, during the lecture, and managed to get about two minutes with Greenwald after a second interview after the event.

You can read the interview at Dagbladet Information's website, which also includes an English version of the interview. More pictures are available in my archive: Images: Glenn Greenwald and Noam Chomsky in conversation.

From fecal transplants to nuclear disarmament: recent work for the Chronicle of Higher Education
April 1, 2014

 Fecal microbiota preparations, from donated fecal material, stand in bottles in a freezer at about -80 degrees F in a laboratory used by the OpenBiome project in MIT’s Microbiology Program in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. The OpenBiome project screens donations for a variety of disease agents and then provides these samples to hospitals around the US for treatment of clostridium difficile infection, which affects approximately 500,000 people in the US and kills about 14,000 annually. The samples are used in fecal microbiotal transplants (fecal transplants) and work as extremely efficient treatment for c. difficile infections.
Mark Smith is a PhD candidate in MIT’s Microbiology Graduate Program and helps run the OpenBiome project at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Fecal microbiota preparations, from donated fecal material, stand in bottles in a freezer at about -80 degrees F in a laboratory used by the OpenBiome project in MIT’s Microbiology Program in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. The OpenBiome project screens donations for a variety of disease agents and then provides these samples to hospitals around the US for treatment of clostridium difficile infection, which affects approximately 500,000 people in the US and kills about 14,000 annually. The samples are used in fecal microbiotal transplants (fecal transplants) and work as extremely efficient treatment for c. difficile infections.
Mark Smith is a PhD candidate in MIT’s Microbiology Graduate Program and helps run the OpenBiome project at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. The OpenBiome project screens donations for a variety of disease agents and then provides these samples to hospitals around the US for treatment of clostridium difficile infection, which affects approximately 500,000 people in the US and kills about 14,000 annually. The samples are used in fecal microbiotal transplants (fecal transplants) and work as extremely efficient treatment for c. difficile infections.
Handwritten notes about the samples contained inside hang on freezers holding fecal samples and microbiota preparations in a corner of a lab in MIT’s Microbiology Program in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. The freezers keep the donated fecal materials at about -80 degrees F. The OpenBiome project screens donations for a variety of disease agents and then provides these samples to hospitals around the US for treatment of clostridium difficile infection, which affects approximately 500,000 people in the US and kills about 14,000 annually. The samples are used in fecal microbiotal transplants (fecal transplants) and work as extremely efficient treatment for c. difficile infections.
Students walk past Joseph Warren Bartlett Hall on the campus of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA. The building is planned to be demolished as part of an ongoing plan to restructure the school’s footprint. The building currently houses a few academic departments, including English and Journalism, and classrooms.
Juanita M. Holler, FAIA, is Associate Vice Chancellor of Facilities & Campus Services at the University of Massachusetts – Amherst in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA. She is standing outside South Campus Hall, a building which currently holds offices but is planned to be repurposed for classroom use after other buildings are demolished as part of the school’s restructuring of its layout.
A classroom is empty before class in Joseph Warren Bartlett Hall on the campus of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA. The building is planned to be demolished as part of an ongoing plan to restructure the school’s footprint. The building currently houses a few academic departments, including English and Journalism, and classrooms.
A view of Joseph Warren Bartlett Hall on the campus of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA. The building is planned to be demolished as part of an ongoing plan to restructure the school’s footprint. The building currently houses a few academic departments, including English and Journalism, and classrooms.
Elaine Scarry, photographed here in at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston, Massachusetts, is the Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value at Harvard University. She has just written a book called Thermonuclear Monarchy: Choosing Between Democracy and Doom, published by W. W. Norton & Company to be released on February 17, 2014.The book presents a case for the elimination of nuclear weapons.
Elaine Scarry, photographed here in at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston, Massachusetts, is the Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value at Harvard University. She has just written a book called Thermonuclear Monarchy: Choosing Between Democracy and Doom, published by W. W. Norton & Company to be released on February 17, 2014.The book presents a case for the elimination of nuclear weapons.
Elaine Scarry, photographed here in her home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is the Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value at Harvard University. She has just written a book called Thermonuclear Monarchy: Choosing Between Democracy and Doom, published by W. W. Norton & Company to be released on February 17, 2014.The book presents a case for the elimination of nuclear weapons.
Elaine Scarry, photographed here in at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston, Massachusetts, is the Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value at Harvard University. She has just written a book called Thermonuclear Monarchy: Choosing Between Democracy and Doom, published by W. W. Norton & Company to be released on February 17, 2014.The book presents a case for the elimination of nuclear weapons.
Arielle Schilit Nitenson is a Ph.D. candidate graduate student at Brown University’s Department of Neuroscience in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. She is part of a pilot program called the Open Graduate Education Program, which provides the opportunity for grad students to study two different disciplines, one for their Master’s degree and the other for their doctorate. She received a Masters of Art in Teaching in Biology Secondary Education and is studying neuroscience for her doctorate. Her research now focuses on adult neurogenesis and olfactory behavior in mice.
Arielle Schilit Nitenson is a Ph.D. candidate graduate student at Brown University’s Department of Neuroscience in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. She is part of a pilot program called the Open Graduate Education Program, which provides the opportunity for grad students to study two different disciplines, one for their Master’s degree and the other for their doctorate. She received a Masters of Art in Teaching in Biology Secondary Education and is studying neuroscience for her doctorate. Her research now focuses on adult neurogenesis and olfactory behavior in mice. She is seen here in a room that houses a few hundred mice.
I've had a busy month and a half of work in Massachusetts and Rhode Island for the Chronicle of Higher Education, one of my favorite publications to work for. The subjects have been all over the place, from a jars of fecal transplant material with Open Biome at MIT to the Kennedy Library for a portrait of Harvard professor Elaine Scarry on her book about how nuclear capability is fundamentally at odds with democracy to the University of Massachusetts - Amherst's plans to reduce the size of its campus to an interdisciplinary graduate program at Brown University (where I photographed grad student Arielle Schilit Nitenson, who's researching how smell operates in mice).

If you're a subscriber, you can read the articles at these links: Less is More: Campus Officials Trim Square Feet to Cut Costs, Student-Led Project Banks on Promise of Fecal Transplants, A Literary Scholar's Voice in the Wilderness: Elaine Scarry fights American complacency about nuclear arms, and Brown U. Tests Approach to Interdisciplinary Graduate Work.

Shenna Bellows campaigns for US Senate in Maine – for MSNBC
March 18, 2014

 Shenna Bellows, Democratic candidate in Maine for US Senate, speaks to the Brunswick Democratic Town Committee town caucus in Brunswick, Maine, USA, on March 3, 2014. Bellows is trying to unseat incumbent Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins in the 2014 election. The town caucus had speeches from various other local candidates and also served to choose delegates for the 2014 Maine State Democratic Caucus.
Shenna Bellows, Democratic candidate in Maine for US Senate, speaks with Shirley Rosen after Bellows spoke to the Portland Democratic City Committee town caucus in the East End School cafeteria in Portland, Maine, USA, on March 3, 2014. Bellows is trying to unseat incumbent Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins in the 2014 election. Rosen, a retired state employee, said, “After listening to her today, I told her she has my vote. Weneed to get rid of this governor and get more democrats in the Senate.” The town caucus had speeches from various other local candidates and also served to choose delegates for the 2014 Maine State Democratic Caucus.
Tony Donovan (right), president of the Maine Rail Transit Coalition, speaks with Damon Yakovleff of Portland (front) before the Portland Democratic City Committee town caucus in the East End School cafeteria in Portland, Maine, USA, on March 3, 2014. Donovan’s group advocates for the return of passenger rail to a railroad owned by the state of Maine. Candidates presented their positions to the public and also gathered signatures required to get them listed on the ballot. The town caucus had speeches from various other local candidates and also served to choose delegates for the 2014 Maine State Democratic Caucus.
Steve Gordon (green plaid with suspenders) adds his signature to help get Maine State Senate District 9 candidate Anne Haskell on the ballot for the 2014 election before the Portland Democratic City Committee town caucus in the East End School cafeteria in Portland, Maine, USA, on March 3, 2014. Gordon said he had been a democrat since Adlai Stevenson’s campaign. Candidates presented their positions to the public and also gathered signatures required to get them listed on the ballot. The town caucus had speeches from various other local candidates and also served to choose delegates for the 2014 Maine State Democratic Caucus.
Candidates collected signatures from Maine citizens at the Portland Democratic City Committee town caucus in the East End School cafeteria in Portland, Maine, USA, on March 3, 2014. Each candidate must collect a certain number of valid signatures in order to appear on election ballots. The town caucus had speeches from various other local candidates and also served to choose delegates for the 2014 Maine State Democratic Caucus.
A handwritten sign points to the Falmouth Democratic town caucus in the Falmouth Elementary School cafeteria in Falmouth, Maine, USA, on March 3, 2014. The town caucus had speeches from various other local candidates and also served to choose delegates for the 2014 Maine State Democratic Caucus.
Cumberland County Sheriff candidate Mike Edes, former President of the Maine State Trooper Association, (white shirt, with tie) speaks with Stephen Shaw (jeans) while Edes’ wife Jennifer Edes (pink jacket) looks on before the Portland Democratic City Committee town caucus in the East End School cafeteria in Portland, Maine, USA, on March 3, 2014. Stephen Shaw moved to Portland 8 months earlier and had never been to a caucus. Jennifer Edes has been helping out her husband during the campaign. Candidates presented their positions to the public and also gathered signatures required to get them listed on the ballot. The town caucus had speeches from various other local candidates and also served to choose delegates for the 2014 Maine State Democratic Caucus.
Shenna Bellows, Democratic candidate in Maine for US Senate, speaks to the Portland Democratic City Committee town caucus in the East End School cafeteria in Portland, Maine, USA, on March 3, 2014. Bellows is trying to unseat incumbent Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins in the 2014 election. The town caucus had speeches from various other local candidates and also served to choose delegates for the 2014 Maine State Democratic Caucus.
Robert Galloupee, of Brunswick, fills out a ballot to register his participation in the the Brunswick Democratic Town Committee town caucus in Brunswick, Maine, USA, on March 3, 2014. The town caucus had speeches from various other local candidates and also served to choose delegates for the 2014 Maine State Democratic Caucus.
Shenna Bellows, Democratic candidate in Maine for US Senate, speaks to the Brunswick Democratic Town Committee town caucus in Brunswick, Maine, USA, on March 3, 2014. Bellows is trying to unseat incumbent Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins in the 2014 election. The town caucus had speeches from various other local candidates and also served to choose delegates for the 2014 Maine State Democratic Caucus.
Shenna Bellows, Democratic candidate in Maine for US Senate, speaks to the Falmouth Democratic town caucus in the Falmouth Elementary School cafeteria in Falmouth, Maine, USA, on March 3, 2014. Bellows is trying to unseat incumbent Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins in the 2014 election. The town caucus had speeches from various other local candidates and also served to choose delegates for the 2014 Maine State Democratic Caucus.
People listen as Shenna Bellows, Democratic candidate in Maine for US Senate, speaks to the Brunswick Democratic Town Committee town caucus in Brunswick, Maine, USA, on March 3, 2014. Bellows is trying to unseat incumbent Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins in the 2014 election. The town caucus had speeches from various other local candidates and also served to choose delegates for the 2014 Maine State Democratic Caucus.
Shenna Bellows, Democratic candidate in Maine for US Senate, speaks to the Falmouth Democratic town caucus in the Falmouth Elementary School cafeteria in Falmouth, Maine, USA, on March 3, 2014. Bellows is trying to unseat incumbent Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins in the 2014 election. The town caucus had speeches from various other local candidates and also served to choose delegates for the 2014 Maine State Democratic Caucus.
State Senator Stan Gerzofsky (Democrat, District 10) speaks to the Brunswick Democratic Town Committee town caucus in Brunswick, Maine, USA, on March 3, 2014. The town caucus had speeches from various other local candidates and also served to choose delegates for the 2014 Maine State Democratic Caucus.
People listen as Shenna Bellows, Democratic candidate in Maine for US Senate, speaks to the Falmouth Democratic town caucus in the Falmouth Elementary School cafeteria in Falmouth, Maine, USA, on March 3, 2014. Bellows is trying to unseat incumbent Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins in the 2014 election. The town caucus had speeches from various other local candidates and also served to choose delegates for the 2014 Maine State Democratic Caucus.
Sarah Woodard, Shenna Bellows’ state finance director, takes a picture of Bellows with Frank DeSarro, elected Secretary of the Kittery Democrats during the town caucus, after Bellows spoke at the Kittery Democrats town caucus in the Town Hall Council Chambers in Kittery, Maine, USA, on March 3, 2014. Bellows is trying to unseat incumbent Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins in the 2014 election. The town caucus had speeches from various other local candidates and also served to choose delegates for the 2014 Maine State Democratic Caucus.
A few weeks back, I had a great assignment from MSNBC to cover the US Senate campaign of Shenna Bellows as she traveled to town Democratic caucuses around the state. Bellows is trying to unseat incumbent Republican Senator Susan Collins, whom I met while photographing behind the scenes of Scott Brown's re-election campaign. As with any campaign, following Bellows presented a lot of difficulty. She would show up at a caucus immediately before giving a 5-minute speech, and then quickly she'd quickly leave to go to the next location.

You can see more images on my archive: Shenna Bellows Senate Campaign in Maine - Town Caucuses

You can read Meredith Clark's story on MSNBC.com, which includes a few of my pictures from the day: A Democratic Senate candidate makes waves in Maine.

The Belfast Project at Boston College for the Chronicle of Higher Education
February 18, 2014

 Dr. Robert O’Neill is the Burns Librarian and part-time faculty in the Department of Political Science at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. O’Neill worked at Boston College for 26 years and retired in December 2013. O’Neill helped acquire much of the artifacts in the university’s Irish collection, some of which is seen in the Irish Room at the Honorable John J. Burns Library, which houses the university’s special collections, including the University’s Archives and a large collection of historical, musical, and cultural Irish artifacts, including a large collection of W. B. Yeats papers. O’Neill is seen here in the Irish Room at the Burns Library on Tues., Dec. 17, 2013.
A view of the Bapst Library Building, which houses the Honorable John J. Burns Library, at Boston College’s Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, campus on Tues., Jan. 7, 2014. The Burns Library houses the university’s special collections, including the University’s Archives and a large collection of historical, musical, and cultural Irish artifacts, including a large collection of W. B. Yeats papers.
Nineteenth century Irish harps by John Egan stand on display in the Irish Room in the Honorable John J. Burns Library at Boston College’s Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, campus on Tues., Dec. 17, 2013.
Dr. Thomas E. Hachey is a University Professor of History and Executive Director of the Center for Irish Programs at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, campus on Tues., Dec. 17, 2013. Hachey is seen here in the Terence Connolly, S.J, Francis Thompson Room at the Honorable John J. Burns Library on the Boston College campus. The Burns Library houses the university’s special collections, including the University’s Archives and a large collection of historical, musical, and cultural Irish artifacts, including a large collection of W. B. Yeats papers.
A statue of Saint Ignatius Loyola stands on Boston College’s Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, campus on Tues., Dec. 17, 2013. Boston College is a private Jesuit research university in the suburbs of Boston.
Books about Ireland stand on shelves in the library in Boston College’s Connolly House in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, which houses the Irish Studies Program and other Irish programs at the school.
Dr. Robert O’Neill is the Burns Librarian and part-time faculty in the Department of Political Science at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. O’Neill worked at Boston College for 26 years and retired in December 2013. O’Neill helped acquire much of the artifacts in the university’s Irish collection, some of which is seen in the Irish Room at the Honorable John J. Burns Library, which houses the university’s special collections, including the University’s Archives and a large collection of historical, musical, and cultural Irish artifacts, including a large collection of W. B. Yeats papers. O’Neill is seen here in the Irish Room at the Burns Library on Tues., Dec. 17, 2013.
A bust of Irish poet Seamus Heaney stands on a shelf in the Irish Room in the Honorable John J. Burns Library at Boston College’s Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, campus on Tues., Dec. 17, 2013. Heaney won the Nobel prize for literature in 1995. Heaney sat for the bust by Lyn Kramer of London in 1980.
The tower of Gasson Hall stands above Boston College’s Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, campus on Tues., Dec. 17, 2013.
Kevin O’Neill is an Associate Professor of History and co-founder and former director of the Irish Studies Program at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA. He is photographed here in the library in Boston College’s Connolly House, which houses the Irish Studies Program and other Irish programs at the school.
I spent a couple of very cold days at Boston College right before and after the new year working on a project detailing the college's involvement in the Belfast Project, a secret oral history of Northern Ireland's Troubles. The Belfast Project collected interviews with people directly involved in bombings and other violence in the decades-long struggle in Northern Ireland with the promise to participants that even the existence of these interviews would not be made known until after they died. About 10 years ago, authorities learned of the project and it became a focal point of diplomatic negotiations between the US and the UK, leading ultimately to legal requests for Boston College to divulge the contents of these interviews for a 40-year-old murder investigation. Boston College eventually gave some of the tapes to authorities, though not all have been happy with the college's actions. The case has interesting implications for academic and journalistic privelege.

You can read the fascinating article (and see a few more of my pictures) at the Chronicle of Higher Education website: Secrets from Belfast.

More images from Boston College are available at my archive: Boston College - Belfast Project - the Troubles - Northern Ireland conflict

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