Sunday, October 5, 2008

Photographers journal: following Obama

I loved this video because it goes along with what our big project will be, and the photo's are just outstanding. When it comes to political matters I'm not the first one on the band wagon, but this is a current event, a huge one at that obviously, and so i clicked on it. The photographer followed Obama on his campaign and took tons of photos, not just of him, but of course the audiences and even security that he had. It was also great because it's from the photographers point of view, very interesting check it out.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/08/27/us/politics/20080827-winterobama-mutimedia/index.html


I know it had video but i think the audio clip was as powerful as the photos. I listened to it without watching the photos and it was still able to keep me listening. I think of the photographers voice as calm and nice to listen to and he is descriptive and interesting.

7 comments:

Nate said...

i really like the photo of the secret service standing in the top of the building in silhouette ready to "pounce". and i never thought about it but obama is a very recognizable person from any angle in any light

C.Demps said...

i enjoyed this firstly because it made the behind the scenes type campaign action accessible to us with these intimate pictures, and it also makes politics more interesting for people who don't typically pay much attention to it. i think that the audio meshed very well with the pictures

Aaron said...

these photo's are excellent. and i do agree with nate when the secret service officer looks like he is ready to jump into action in that shot.

TiraTiara (Brianne H) said...

I'll agree that the photos and audio are very well done and go well together, but I'm not a fan of politics and don't like discussing it.

Anonymous said...

i really like the silhouetted picture of the high school students and i like the audio and how he talks about the pictures as you see them.

Mimi said...

in reply to tiratiara's comment...

thanks for commenting, and like i wrote im not into politics either, but thats why this is so good, it shows a different side of a politician. Even though your not interested, you were still brought in by something written, because you ended up watching it ;]

Deb said...

wowwowowowowow.......
That was stunning!!!!Now Im more intimidated than before I saw it.