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The Obama Presidential Campaign : I first met Barack Obama when he came to stump for Deval Patrick during the months I photographed the Patrick Campaign for Governor of Massachusetts. During two visits to Boston I got to observe him up close and for extended lengths of time. He was very powerful: his personal magnetism filled the spaces - one a hotel function room, the other a sports arena - where he appeared with Deval, and it was there that my commitment to his presidential campaign began, even though he was still months away from declaring his candidacy. I have never met anyone who impressed me with the sheer power of his intellect and personality as Barack Obama did. The manner in which he conducted his presidential campaign only increased my commitment to and my admiration for this remarkable man. And now he is our President. Anyone who may be interested in purchasing prints or one-time publication rights please contact me at rpkphoto@comcast.net. Try the slideshow feature (at the upper right); it takes a few moments to load, but is otherwise excellent. Please visit my other Smugmug galleries. Click on "Rodger Kingston (rpkphoto)" (above) to return to my home page.

The Obama Presidential Campaign

I first met Barack Obama when he came to stump for Deval Patrick during the months I photographed the Patrick Campaign for Governor of Massachusetts. During two visits to Boston I got to observe him up close and for extended lengths of time. He was very powerful: his personal magnetism filled the spaces - one a hotel function room, the o ...

Updated: Nov 17, 2008 9:26pm PST

The Deval Patrick Campaign for Governor of Massachusetts : I worked as a volunteer photographer for the Deval Patrick Campaign for Governor of Massachusetts, documenting the election during its last two frenetic months in the Fall of 2006, and then eight weeks later, at the Inauguration. Once I had the images I needed at a campaign event, I turned my camera around and photographed within the crowd, as a part of the crowd. It is these photographs of ordinary people come together to support Deval Patrick that comprise the heart of this work. I’ve heard talk of a new era of race relations in Massachusetts; whether or not this is true, I certainly felt something extraordinary while photographing the campaign. It was as if racial differences were something to value in one another, and instead of diminishing our differences, we were empowered to build something out of them, and to celebrate them. Perhaps because of this, the photographs almost seemed to take themselves, and cut to the essence of the Campaign, with its slogan, “Together We Can.” "A Victory for Hope," an exhibition of these photographs, was shown at the Panopticon Gallery of Photography, in Boston, MA, from January 29 through May 10, 2007. In March, 2008 the Deval Patrick Committee installed 30 photographs from this series in their new Boston offices. Try the slideshow feature (at the upper right); it takes a few moments to load, but is otherwise excellent. Feel free to comment (below) or to email me at rpkphoto@comcast.net. Click on "Rodger Kingston (rpkphoto)" (above) to return to my home page.

The Deval Patrick Campaign for Governor of Massachusetts

I worked as a volunteer photographer for the Deval Patrick Campaign for Governor of Massachusetts, documenting the election during its last two frenetic months in the Fall of 2006, and then eight weeks later, at the Inauguration. Once I had the images I needed at a campaign event, I turned my camera around and photographed within the crow ...

Updated: Nov 03, 2007 7:44pm PST