Back on the politics beat. It’s been a slow month for photography in Iowa. We’ve had a couple of winter storms, two weeks in a row—conveniently on a weekend—which has seen a lot of my assignments cancelled. As it was this past weekend—while I was originally slated to cover the Women’s March, due to weather, it was cancelled. Fortunately, my editor flexed me to an Andrew Yang campaign rally. And I certainly wasn’t going to complain about being switched from an outdoor to an indoor event when the temps were below freezing and dropping.
As for the event, what to say? It was another: “Rally, Campaign (Democratic) (1 ea)” as we might say in the Army. I will say—and this is not a partisan or political point—that staffs, in my experience, reflect the personality of candidate and to the extent that Yang’s persona is that of one of the personable candidates, it was reflected in how his staff treated the media. All in all, an easy day.
