Nov052008
What photographers look for on election day
Filed under General, Photojournalism, staff by bob hammerstrom at 12:10 pm
If you were handed a camera on the morning of election day, what would you take pictures of?
I’ve been shooting elections since the mid-80’s. Some of those were is tiny old country schoolhouses in rural Minnesota, surrounded by open fields. I don’t remember long lines of voters, just pickups and tractors lined up along gravel roads.
Inside the polls, things aren’t much different now for photographers, than they were 20 years ago. Voting booths are more colorful these days, ballots are rarely counted by hand, and restrictions are tighter for photographers. But, the subjects we look for are still the same.
Josh Kiesow peers out from under a voting booth while his father, Damon, casts his ballot at St. James United Methodist Church of Merrimack, N.H., in the general election November 4, 2008.
Little kids get my attention at the polls every year. It’s fun to watch them wonder underneath the voting booths, and peeking out of the curtains. Yes, we’ve all seen those pictures before, but something draws our attention to those curious little ones.
One of the better photos I shot yesterday, was in Merrimack (above). One of our Telegraph editors came through to vote with his son. I held my camera on the floor and watched to see what he would do while dad was voting. I think he had Power Rangers in his hands.
-Bob Hammerstrom
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