The Politics Beat

Strangely, while I’ve been in Iowa for (going on) four years, I haven’t shot nearly as much politics as I’d have thought when I started working as a photojournalist. Oh sure, I shot some mid-term stuff in 2018 and I’ve actually shot quite a bit of the 2020 Democratic field but it’s mostly been smaller candidates or bigger candidates at smaller venues—I hadn’t actually shot a good ol’ fashioned campaign rally. Until yesterday, that is. Bernie Sanders brought his talents to The University of Iowa and I got the call: