Recent work: Senator Scott Brown’s re-election campaign bus tour for the Wall Street Journal

November 15, 2012

Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) waits backstage to be introduced at a rally at the American Civic Center in Wakefield, Massachusetts, USA, on Thurs., Nov. 2, 2012. Senator Scott Brown is seeking re-election to the Senate. His opponent is Elizabeth Warren, a democrat.

Gail Huff’s aide Kristen Granchelli photographs campaign volunteers outside Senator Scott Browne’s bus at a stop in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA, on Thurs., Nov. 2, 2012.

Advance director Chris Burgoyne (center), and chief of staff Vanessa Sinders (left) prepare for the next stop of the campaign bus of Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) while daughter Ayla Brown (right) works on a computer between campaign stops in North Billerica and Wakefield, Massachusetts, USA, on Thurs., Nov. 2, 2012.

Pat Lombardi holds a Scott Brown campaign sign on a street corner in Milford, Massachusetts, USA. Lombardi has supported Senator Brown says his days in state politics. “He’s somebody who’s very straightforward,” she said. “He’s a very good man.” in Milford, Massachusetts, USA, on Thurs., Nov. 2, 2012.

Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) rests between stops on his campaign bus between campaign stops in Framingham and Lowell, Massachusetts, USA, on Thurs., Nov. 2, 2012.

Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) speaks at a rally at the American Civic Center in Wakefield, Massachusetts, USA, on Thurs., Nov. 2, 2012.

Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) leaves his campaign bus in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA, on Thurs., Nov. 2, 2012.

Gail Huff, wife of Scott Brown, greets US Navy retiree and Medal of Honour recipient Thomas Kelley before Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) speaks to a crowd gathered the VFW Post 88 for a campaign stop in North Billerica, Massachusetts, USA, on Thurs., Nov. 2, 2012.

Daughters Arianna (right) and Ayla speak with their mother’s aide Kristen Granchelli (left) on Senator Scott Brown’s (R-MA) campaign bus between campaign stops in North Billerica and Wakefield, Massachusetts, USA, on Thurs., Nov. 2, 2012.

Bumper stickers reading “Democrats for Brown / He’s for us” laySenator Scott Brown (R-MA) lay on a table at a constituent lunch at Bella Costa Restaurant in Framingham, Massachusetts, USA, on Thurs., Nov. 2, 2012.

Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) speaks at a “Women For Brown” meet and greet at The Olde Post Office Pub in North Grafton, Massachusetts, USA, on Thurs., Nov. 2, 2012.

Claudia Ferrecchia, of Marlboro, listens as Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) greets supporters at a “Women For Brown” meet and greet at The Olde Post Office Pub in North Grafton, Massachusetts, USA, on Thurs., Nov. 2, 2012.

Actor Lenny Clarke (left), longtime friend and supporter of Senator Scott Brown, poses for a picture with volunteer Donya Platt, of Acton, on the Brown campaign bus between campaign stops in Framingham and Lowell, Massachusetts, USA, on Thurs., Nov. 2, 2012.

Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) leaves his campaign bus in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA, on Thurs., Nov. 2, 2012.

People listen to Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) speak in the American Civic Center in Wakefield, Massachusetts, USA, on Thurs., Nov. 2, 2012.

The campaign bus of Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) stands outside The Olde Post Office Pub in North Grafton, Massachusetts, USA, on Thurs., Nov. 2, 2012.

Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) speaks at a constituent lunch at Bella Costa Restaurant in Framingham, Massachusetts, USA, on Thurs., Nov. 2, 2012.

Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) waits with family and supporters backstage before being introduced at a rally at the American Civic Center in Wakefield, Massachusetts, USA, on Thurs., Nov. 2, 2012.

Supporter Eric Tedesco, 10, listens as Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) speaks to a crowd gathered the VFW Post 88 for a campaign stop in North Billerica, Massachusetts, USA, on Thurs., Nov. 2, 2012.

Members of the media surround Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) as he leaves a “Women For Brown” meet and greet at The Olde Post Office Pub in North Grafton, Massachusetts, USA, on Thurs., Nov. 2, 2012.

Gail Huff, wife of Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) walks with Scott Brown and the press to the campaign bus in Milford, Massachusetts, USA, on Thurs., Nov. 2, 2012.

Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) waits backstage to be introduced at a rally at the American Civic Center in Wakefield, Massachusetts, USA, on Thurs., Nov. 2, 2012.

I had a great assignment from the Wall Street Journal the week before US elections this year. Republican Senator Scott Brown of Massachusetts was campaigning for re-election against Democratic opponent Elizabeth Warren. I spent a day photographing the campaign, from a pancake breakfast in the morning to meetings with supporters throughout the day to riding on the bus with Brown's family and staff between stops to an evening rally in one of the gyms in which Brown played high school basketball. Brown, who assumed office in 2010 in a special election after the death of Senator Ted Kennedy, lost the election. I couldn't have asked for much better access, and my thanks go out Brown and his staff for allowing such an intimate look into the campaign and to my editor at the Wall Street Journal. Also, I need to give a shout out to Ian MacLellan for helping with some logistics on the day of the shoot.

Profile of MIT’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

November 5, 2012

Grad student Ezzeldin Hamed readies software radios used in research in the Wireless Center at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Hamed works in Professor Dina Katabi’s research group in CSAIL.

EECS post-doc Puneet Srivastava (left) works with Mark Mondol, facility manager at the MIT Electron Beam Lithography lab, at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Srivastava is learning how to use the tool.

People sit in common areas in the Stata Center at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

A view of class in session in 26 at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Joy Ekuta, senior Course 9, tests nurse call system equipment with Janet Gardner in the Boston Home in Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Ekuta is helping to design a new nurse call system for Gardner, who has multiple sclerosis. Gardner’s old system used a single button attached loosely to a wall, which she often dropped. The new system would involve more buttons, voice activation, and lights to let the patient know the button has been pressed and a call has been made. Here, Ekuta is testing a variety of button styles with Gardner to find one that she can easily press.

Junior Sylvia Zakarian (center)works alongside other students on a lab for course 6.002 Circuits and Electronics in a student lab in Building 38 at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. The project was the first group lab and focused on measuring output in metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) to see if observed results match theoretical predictions.

Ozan Candogan presents some of his research to Asuman Ozdaglar’s (in red) research group in the Connection Science and Engineering Center at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

A view of books in the office of Asuman Ozdaglar in the Connection Science and Engineering Center at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Undergraduate student Victor Pontis studies in a common area in the Stata Center at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Grad student Kimon Drakopoulos (in green) presents his work on the Linked In social network to members of Asuman Ozdaglar’s (in red) research group in a lab in the Connection Science and Engineering Center at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Senior Robert Johnson works on final project ideas on a blackboard in the 38-600 student lab at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Asuman Ozdaglar (left) speaks with grad student Annie Chen outside of Ozdaglar’s office in the Connection Science and Engineering Center at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

A view of a blackboard and work tables in a lab in Building 38 at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

HST grad student Gabrielle Merchant works alongside other students on a lab for course 6.002 Circuits and Electronics in a student lab in Building 38 at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. The project was the first group lab and focused on measuring output in metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) to see if observed results match theoretical predictions.

A view of postdoc Mohamed Mostagir’s notes in his office in the Stata Center at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Mostagir works in Asuman Ozdaglar’s research group in Connection Science and Engineering Center.

A view of computers and equipment in an office in CSAIL in the Stata Center at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Grad student Ezzeldin Hamed readies software radios used in research in the Wireless Center at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Hamed works in Professor Dina Katabi’s research group in CSAIL.

Grad student Ezzeldin Hamed (in white, seated) shows software radios to Professor Hari Balakrishnan (from left, grad student Shuo Deng, grad student Anirudh Sivaraman, and Professor Dina Katabi in the Wireless Center at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

A view down a hallway in the Building 26 among Research Laboratory of Electronics facilities at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

As part of a series of profiles of departments at MIT, I photographed a few labs, working groups, and activities around the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Profile of MIT’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

October 25, 2012

Civil Engineering PhD candidate Jeff Rominger (in blue) and research associate Luis Cueto work together in the 3rd floor kitchen in Building 48 at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. The building houses the Parsons Laboratory and offices and labs in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Rominger asked Cueto for advice on a numerical method that Rominger is using to answer a research question in his dissertation.

Civil Engineering postdoc Manu Tamminen works on a computer in a hallway lobby in Building 48 at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. The building houses the Parsons Laboratory and offices and labs in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

An instructor leads a class on the second floor of Building 1 at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Building 1 houses many facilities of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering grad student Julius Arop studies geotechnical engineering in a common study area in Building 1 at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Civil Engineering research scientist Asuncion Martinez works in her office in Building 48 at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. The building houses the Parsons Laboratory and offices and labs in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering grad student Anthony Carrasquillo works in his cubicle in Building 48 at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. The building houses the Parsons Laboratory and offices and labs in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Carrasquillo was analysing atmospheric data.

People walk past Building 48 on the campus of MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. The building houses the Parsons Laboratory and offices and labs in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering postdoc Laurent Brochard works in an office in Building 1 at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Used pieces of chalk lay on a table in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in Building 48 at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Students talk in the entrance to Building 48 at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. The building houses the Parsons Laboratory and offices and labs in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Handwritten equations fill a whiteboard in a common study area in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering grad students Daniel Abrams (from left), Emidio Piermarini, and Dimitris Hadjiharitou study structural engineering in a common study area in Building 1 at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering grad students Hussam Dugum (left, black shirt) and Mayce El Mostafa study structural engineering together in a common study area in Building 1 at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering grad students study structural engineering in a common study area in Building 1 at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

As part of a series of department profiles, I photographed offices and common areas in MIT's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Honk! Festival – Somerville and Cambridge, Massachusetts

October 10, 2012

Members of Church Marching Band of Santa Rosa, California, perform in Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, during the HONK! Festival. The HONK! Festival is an annual gathering of activist street marching bands that involves performances, a parade between Davis Square in Somerville and Harvard Square in Cambridge, and an academic symposium about street music.

Bands and performers march from Davis Square in Somerville to Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, during the HONK! Festival. The HONK! Festival is an annual gathering of activist street marching bands that involves performances, a parade between Davis Square in Somerville and Harvard Square in Cambridge, and an academic symposium about street music.

Spectators and bands gather in Davis Square for the start of the HONK! Festival in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. The HONK! Festival is an annual gathering of activist street marching bands that involves performances, a parade between Davis Square in Somerville and Harvard Square in Cambridge, and an academic symposium about street music.

Members of Brass Liberation Orchestra of Oakland, California, perform in Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, during the HONK! Festival. The HONK! Festival is an annual gathering of activist street marching bands that involves performances, a parade between Davis Square in Somerville and Harvard Square in Cambridge, and an academic symposium about street music.

The Honk! Festival is an annual gathering of street musicians and activists in Somerville and Cambridge, Massachusetts. Marching bands from around the country paraded through the cities and performed in Davis Square and Harvard Square.

Profile of MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering

October 5, 2012

PhD student Josh Leighton gathers up equipment after testing an underwater communications and navigation system with autonomous kayaks in the Charles River at the MIT Sailing Pavilion at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Students build snowball throwing machines in the Pappalardo Laboratories for the 2.009 Product Engineering Processes course in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Grad student Kelsey Stoerzinger uses a laser microscope in the Electrochemical Energy Lab in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Students work during a lab class in the 2.12 Introduction to Robotics course at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Students were working on control systems for a robot that would run along a course and detect magnets underneath the course as a simulation for mine detection.

A view of the robotic cheetah in the Biomimetic Robotics Laboratory in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Dr. Sangbae Kim, Esther and Harold E. Edgerton Assistant Professor, is the director of the Biomimetic Robotics Laboratory in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. The lab has developed a robotic cheetah

Students compete with snowball throwing machines in Killian Court after building them for the 2.009 Product Engineering Processes course in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Visitors look at displays in the Hart Nautical Gallery at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. The gallery was started by the Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, later renamed to the Department of Ocean Engineering, a section of the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Postdoc Reza Kavian positions a chemical tank in the Electrochemical Energy Lab at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

A view of the robotic cheetah in the Biomimetic Robotics Laboratory in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Grad student Kelsey Stoerzinger (right) and postdoc Alexys Grimaud talk in the Electrochemical Energy Lab in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

A detail view of workspaces in the Biomimetic Robotics Laboratory in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. The lab has built a robotic cheetah.

Kamal Youcef-Toumi (green shirt), professor of Mechanical Engineering, helps students during a lab class in the 2.12 Introduction to Robotics course at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Students were working on control systems for a robot that would run along a course and detect magnets underneath the course as a simulation for mine detection.

Students listen to Professor David Wallace introduce a lab exercise in 10-250 for the 2.009 Product Engineering Processes course at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

As part of a series of profiles of MIT departments, I photographed classes, labs, and activities around the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Profile of MIT’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

September 30, 2012

A researcher demonstrates a 3d-printed and thermoformed space helmet in the Man Vehicle Lab at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

AeroAstro master’s student Bobby Klein prepares an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for flight in the Aerospace Controls Lab at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. The lab develops control systems for the vehicles.

AeroAstro master’s student Natalya Brikner works under a hood to mount an ion emitter on a 3-axis stage for use in a vacuum chamber in the Space Propulsion Lab at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Images of astronauts, space, rockets, and airplanes hang in the graduate student offices in the Aerospace Controls Lab at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

AeroAstro master’s student Carla Perez-Martinez work in in the Space Propulsion Lab at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

A model displays prototype spacesuit underwear in the Man Vehicle Lab at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

People work on a project in an AeroAstro lab at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Stickers and cartoons decorate an office door in Building 37 at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Model airplanes hang from on the wall above a desk in the Aerospace Controls Lab at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

AeroAstro PhD student Justin Kaderka lays in a centrifuge while master’s student Chris Trigg prepares the simulation in the Man Vehicle Lab at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. The centrifuge simulates a gravity environment and is used in research looking into ways to counteract the physical problems caused on human bodies in low-gravity environments such as in space.

A 1:11 scale electric ducted fan stands in the Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

AeroAstro freshman Jimmy Rojas works to electrochemically sharpen pieces of tungsten for use in thrusters in the Space Propulsion Lab at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Visiting student in the AeroAstro Department Dan Grieneisen works in his office space in the Aerospace Controls Lab at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. The lab develops control systems for unmanned aerial vehicles.

Model airplanes hang from the ceiling in the Aerospace Controls Lab at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

A view of desk clutter in the Gas Turbine Laboratory at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Senior Technical Instructor Richard Perdichizzi prepares a rocket engine for demonstration in the Gerhard Neumann Hangar at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

AeroAstro grad student Ana Diaz operates a robotics work station simulation the space station’s telerobotic arm in the Man Vehicle Lab at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Grad students Nina Siu (right) and Michael Lieu place a 1:11 scale electric ducted fan in the Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Students listen to a presentation from the Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment while eating pizza at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

Discarded lab gloves lay in a trash can in the Space Propulsion Lab at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

As part of a series of department profiles at MIT, I photographed classes and labs in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the school.

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