Tuesday, March 2, 2010

New York Times: February

Its been six months since I came to Washington, and what an incredible six months it has been.

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Holocaust survivor and Nobel Prize Winner Elie Wiesel was embraced by President Barack Obama before being awarded the National Humanities Medal during an awards ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, February 25, 2010.(Luke Sharrett/The New York Times) 



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President Barack Obama fields questions at Nashua High School North in Nashua, N.H. during an economic town hall, Tuesday, February 2, 2010. The President proposed using $30 billion from the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) to help small businesses. (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times) 

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President Barack Obama's limousine leaves the White House South Lawn on a snowy day. 

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President Barack Obama greeted Senators as he departed the Newseum after delivering remarks at the Senate Democratic Policy Committee Issues Conference in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, February 3, 2010. (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times) 

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President Barack Obama paused while delivering remarks at an Organizing for America grassroots fundraiser at the Capital Hilton, Thursday night, February 4, 2010. (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times) 

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Press Secretary Robert Gibbs' hand is seen at the afternoon daily press briefing at the White House, Tuesday, February 9. Gibbs scrawled on his hand a shopping list of eggs, milk, bread, as well as the old Obama campaign slogans "Hope" and "Change" to mock Sarah Palin, who used notes on her hand at the Tea Party convention last week in Nashville, Tenn. (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times) 

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President Barack Obama delivers remarks to donors at a $30,000 per-plate Democratic National Committee fundraising dinner at the National Museum of Women, Thursday night, February 4, 2010. (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times) 

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First Lady Michelle Obama wiped her lipstick off President Barack Obama's face after she kissed him at the National Prayer Breakfast at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., Thursday, February 4, 2010. (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times) 

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President Barack Obama addresses a meeting of the Business Roundtable at the St. Regis Hotel in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, February 24, 2010. (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times) 

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President Barack Obama delivers remarks at a Democratic National Committee fundraiser at the Capitol Hilton, Thursday night, February 4, 2010. (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times) 

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Illinois Senator Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) look on as President Barack Obama fielded questions at the Senate Democratic Policy Committee Issues Conference at the Newseum in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, February 3, 2010. (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times) 

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President Barack Obama is seen in the White House Briefing Room. 

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President Barack Obama fields questions at Nashua High School North in Nashua, N.H. during an economic town hall, Tuesday, February 2, 2010. The President proposed using $30 billion from the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) to help small businesses. (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times) 

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President Barack Obama walks confidently toward Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times) 

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Air Force One is seen on the Tarmac at Nashua Municipal Airport.(Luke Sharrett/The New York Times) 

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The Presidential motorcade, seen from inside the press van, travels on the inner loop of the Washington Beltway through heavy snow after departing CIA headquarters in Langley, Va. (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times) 

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President Barack Obama lands at Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Md. 

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A law enforcement officer stands guard at Fort McHenry in Baltimore after President Barack Obama departed Maryland on Marine One. 

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The Baltimore-Washington Parkway is seen from the air. 

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Marine support helicopters are seen over Southern Maryland after accompanying President Barack Obama to Baltimore. 

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President Barack Obama is directed to his chair by House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) alongside Minority Whip Eric Cantor, and Representative Mike Pence (R-Ind.) before delivering remarks to House Republicans at the GOP House Issues Conference at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel in Baltimore, Md., Friday, January 29, 2010 (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times) 

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The United States Marine Corp Chemical Biological Incident Response Force arrived at the United States Capitol before President Barack Obama delivered the 2010 State of the Union Address on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, January 27, 2010 (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times) 

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The United States Capitol and the moon are seen at sunset before President Barack Obama delivered the 2010 State of the Union Address on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, January 27, 2010 (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times) 

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Republican House Members laughed during segments of President Barack Obama's 2010 State of the Union Address on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, January 27, 2010 (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times) 

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United States Attorney General Eric Holder is seen at the kitchen table in his home in Washington, D.C. where he often brings his work home at the end of the day. Thursday, February 11, 2010. (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times) 

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Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen held a press conference to discuss defense spending and the 2011 fiscal budget at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., Monday, February 1, 2010. (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times) 

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California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is seen outside the West Wing of the White House after meeting with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office following a bipartisan gathering of the nation's governors, Monday, February 22, 2010. (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times) 

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The Blind Boys of Alabama took the stage and sang during a workshop with student musicians about music from the Civil Rights era in American history at the White House, Tuesday, February 9, 2010. (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times) 

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Protestors demonstrate against the National Prayer Breakfast outside a house at 133 C Street SE on Capitol Hill Washington, D.C., Wednesday, February 3, 2010. (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times) 

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A couple strolled through the snow on C Street SW in downtown Washington, D.C., Friday, February 5, 2010. (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times) 

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Kathy Fuller, a resident in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C., cleared snow from her sidewalk in the midst of a blizzard that dumped more than a foot of snow on the Washington, D.C. metro area, Wednesday, February 10, 2010. (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times) 

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Washington residents ventured out on the National Mall to jog and take photographs after a blizzard dumped more than a foot of snow across the east coast, Saturday, February 6, 2010. (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times) 

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A worker cleared snow from the sidewalk on Connecticut Avenue near Farragut Square as another major snow storm hit the Washington, D.C. metro area, Wednesday, February 10, 2010. (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times) 

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The United States Capitol is seen at sunset, Monday, January 25, 2010 (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times) 

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The Empire State Building is seen at sunset in New York City, N.Y., Thursday, February 18, 2010. (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times) 

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An Amtrak electric AEM-7 locomotive is seen at Union Station in Washington, D.C., Thursday, February 18, 2010. (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times) 

Thanks for looking!
**All photos copyright Luke Sharrett & The New York Times**

3 comments:

Amos Terry said...

Always an inspiration seeing your new posts, Luke.

Unknown said...

Luke, on the Capitol at sunset shot, did you expose for the dark clouds, or do you use a CP? I really struggle with landscapes, i tend to either blow out the skies or underexpose the foreground.

kentnish said...

Aloha Luke, stellar work...as always.

thank you for sharing.