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01.23.2009 2:22 pm

Behind the scenes coverage of Obama on Inauguration Day

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

If you haven’t yet tired of inauguration coverage, check out photojournalist Callie Shell’s photos from behind the scenes on Time Magazine’s website.

Throughout the presidential campaign, and even before, Callie Shell has had excellent access to Barack Obama. She has achieved what…

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01.10.2009 8:16 pm

The Obama family at the Lincoln Memorial

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

a.k.a. “The picture I was hoping it was v. The picture it actually was”

At first glance, based on the name of the file in our database, I thought this photo of a lone man, facing Lincoln’s statue at the Lincoln…

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12.10.2008 3:33 pm

Father of two faces deportation

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Stefan Lang of Florissant is raising two girls while fighting deportation back to Germany. He is being deported because his ex-wife filed paperwork withdrawing support for his green card. The action would sever contact between him and his daughters Isabell…

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11.21.2008 4:12 pm

Candidate Obama’s eating on the campaign trail.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

At the beginning of the presidential campaign, I created a gallery called “On the Campaign Trail” to showcase photography of the candidates as they met potential voters across the country.
Sometimes I would look for themes to build the gallery around,…

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11.09.2008 9:30 pm

Disappointing night for republicans in Columbia

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A man watches John McCain deliver his concession speech on TV in Columbia, Mo.

A man watches John McCain deliver his concession speech on TV in Columbia, Mo.

Election night was packed with plenty of excitement across the country. However, the tone was a little different at the Holiday Inn in Columbia, Mo. In the…

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11.04.2008 3:37 pm

Election Day morning

Post-Dispatch
St. Vincent's Church in St. Louis was my last stop in the morning's polling booth tour.

St. Vincent

Talking this morning with people from various polling locations confirmed two things: 1.) Most people did average around an hour wait. 2.) Despite the delays, everyone seemed happy to sacrifice the time for the increase in voter turnout.

I, too,…

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09.30.2008 3:37 pm

Obama and McCain hit the town…together…

Check out our GO! section this Friday to see the two presidential candidates put partisan politics aside while hanging out with each other all over Illinois and Missouri.  Who said politicians are stuffed shirts?  Well, okay, these guys might be,…

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