That was a lot of work for 23 minutes.
MIT hired me to document President Obama’s visit promoting clean energy innovations being researched at the Institute and supported by Massachusetts and federal stimulus dollars.
For me it entailed getting up an hour before dawn to deliver my gear to bomb-sniffing dogs and waiting three or four hours around campus before making the first picture. While the audience was gathering for the speech, I made some pictures of some of the rather important figures in attendance.
According to EPA photog and all-around-good-guy “Brendan” CJ Gunther, Obama’s appearance from curtain to curtain was 23 minutes long. The White House press people were saying that even with all the commotion today, this was one of their easier days.
I’ll post some more pictures early next week, but I’ll just say for now that I have an idea brewing that could be pretty historic. Check back in Tuesday to hear more.
Until then, please pop over to http://mit.edu, and the story http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/obama-visit.html and let me know what you think.
- D