Scenes from the New Hampshire primary

April 4, 2012

Surrounded by security, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and his wife Callista arrive for a campaign event at BAE Systems, a major defense contractor, in Nashua, New Hampshire, on Jan. 9, 2012. Gingrich is seeking the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.

People wait to catch a glimpse of Mitt Romney at a Romney campaign event to begin at Gilchrist Metal Fabricating in Hudson, New Hampshire, on Jan. 9, 2012. Romney is seeking the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.

Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney speaks at a Romney campaign event to begin at Gilchrist Metal Fabricating in Hudson, New Hampshire, on Jan. 9, 2012. Romney is seeking the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.

While speaking at a town hall meeting in Northfield, New Hampshire, former congressman Rick Santorum holds on to a gilt-edged copy of the US Constitution that he keeps in his pocket. Santorum is seeking the 2012 Republican nomination for president.

Romney supporters gather behind Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, former governor of Massachusetts, as he speaks to the media during a rally in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Sat. Dec. 3, 2011. The rally was called, “Earn It with Mitt,” and was designed to bolster local efforts to help Romney “earn” voters’ support for the upcoming Republican primary.

A campaign sign for former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich hangs next to a sign reading “closed” in Manchester, New Hampshire. Gingrich is seeking the 2012 Republican nomination for president.

Members of former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich’s security detail eat lunch while waiting for Gingrich to finish a radio interview at the Northern Grafton County Republican Committee offices in Littleton, New Hampshire. Gingrich is seeking the 2012 Republican nomination for president.

A reporter uses a laptop in a news van as former senator Rick Santorum speaks to a crowd made primarily of media and protestors outside Belmont Hall and Restaurant in Manchest, New Hampshire, on Jan. 6, 2012. Santorum is seeking the 2012 GOP Republican presidential nomination. Protestors were primarily from the Occupy New Hampshire group..

An empty volunteer form lays on a table with Newt Gingrich campaign materials outside a town hall meeting in Lancaster, New Hampshire. Gingrich is seeking the 2012 Republican nomination for president.

People listen to former congressman Rick Santorum at a town hall meeting in Northfield, New Hampshire. Santorum is seeking the 2012 GOP nomination for president.

People wait outside a hangar to catch a glimpse of Ron Paul after a rally at Jet Aviation in Nashua, New Hampshire, on Jan. 6, 2012. Paul is seeking the 2012 GOP Republican presidential nomination.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, former governor of Massachusetts, speaks to the media during a “press availability” after a rally in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Sat. Dec. 3, 2011. The rally was called, “Earn It with Mitt,” and was designed to bolster local efforts to help Romney “earn” voters’ support for the upcoming Republican primary.

A car pulls a trailer sign in support of Ron Paul on which is also printed the words “Audit the Fed” and “Occupy Wall Street” outside a Ron Paul town hall meeting and rally at the Church Landing at Mills Falls hotel in Meredith, New Hampshire, on Jan. 8, 2012. Paul is seeking the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.

People leave the room after a speech by former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich at the Hillsborough County Republican Gala at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Nashua, New Hampshire, on Jan. 6, 2012. Former congressmen Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich spoke at the event. Both are seeking the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.

Volunteers make calls to gather support for former senator Rick Santorum at Santorum’s New Hampshire campaign headquarters in Bedford, New Hampshire, on Jan. 7, 2012. Santorum is seeking the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.

Protesters march in a Pride Parade in downtown Manchester, New Hampshire, on Jan. 7, 2012. Some of the protesters are part of Occupy New Hampshire or Occupy the Primary.

A Romney staffer answers a phone call at the Romney New Hampshire campaign headquarters in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Jan. 7, 2012. Romney is seeking the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.

A man polishes the Romney campaign bus outside a Mitt Romney town hall meeting and rally at the Rochester Opera House in Rochester, New Hampshire, on Jan. 8, 2012. Romney is seeking the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.

Newt Gingrich speaks to the Nashua Rotary Club at the Nashua Country Club in Nashua, New Hampshire, on Jan. 9, 2012. Gingrich is seeking the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.

Congressman Ron Paul speaks at a town hall meeting and rally at the Church Landing at Mills Falls hotel in Meredith, New Hampshire, on Jan. 8, 2012. Paul is seeking the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.

Camera crews work outside a house party where former Utah governor Jon Huntsman is speaking in Bedford, New Hampshire, on Jan. 8, 2012. Huntsman is seeking the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.

Former Utah governor Jon Huntsman waves to the crowd after leaving a campaign event at Crosby’s Bakery in Nashua, New Hampshire, on Jan. 9, 2012. Hunstman is seeking the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.

Former senator Rick Santorum greets supporters at a campaign event at Jillian’s, a bar in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Jan. 9, 2012. Santorum is seeking the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.

Occupy protesters gather outside a Rick Santorum campaign event at Jillian’s, a bar in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Jan. 9, 2012. Santorum is seeking the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.

I spent the first part of January photographing the New Hampshire Republican Presidential Primary campaign. There's a short edit of the work, focusing on spectators and supporters, in the portfolio section of this site. These are a few I liked that didn't quite fit in to the short edit. Many more images are available in my online archive.