July

July was my last full month interning for the New York Times in Washington, D.C.
Every trip, every sweaty motorcade movement, and yes, every Pelosi press conference was cherished.
I hope these photos reflect my best work from the month, but I know deep down that the photos I will treasure most are those of my friends and colleagues in the travel pool. I have learned so much amongst this group of professionals, and am most grateful to have shared a few beers with them over the past few months.


Air Force One is seen on the tarmac at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Nev., Thursday, July 8, 2010. (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times)




Agents of the United States Secret Service Presidential Protection Division are reflected in a teleprompter following President Barack Obama's stump speech for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in Las Vegas, Nev., Thursday, July 8, 2010. (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times)


President Barack Obama's limousine is seen outside the Folly Theater in downtown Kansas City, Mo. following a fundraiser for Secretary Robin Carnahan, Thursday, July 8, 2010. (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times)


President Barack Obama delivers remarks at a fundraiser for Secretary Robin Carnahan at the Folly Theater in downtown Kansas City, Mo., Thursday, July 8, 2010. (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times)


A Marine One helicopter taxis past Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base near Washington, D.C. following President Barack Obama's trip to a groundbreaking ceremony for a hybrid automobile battery factory in Holland, Mich., Thursday, July 15, 2010. (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times)


United States Secret Service Agents maneuver President Barack Obama's limousine at Kansas City International Airport before he delivered remarks on the economy at the Smith Electric Vehicles plant across the tarmac, Thursday, July 8, 2010. (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times)


President Barack Obama emerges from a tent to deliver remarks at a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Compact Power, Inc., hybrid automobile battery factory in Holland, Mich., Thursday, July 15, 2010. (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times)


Counter-sniper teams keep watch before President Barack Obama's remarks at a groundbreaking ceremony for the new LG Chem Compact Power, Inc., hybrid automobile battery factory in Holland, Mich., Thursday, July 15, 2010. (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times)


President Barack Obama slips back into his suit coat after trying out the new Chevrolet Volt with Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm following remarks at a groundbreaking ceremony for the new LG Chem Compact Power, Inc., hybrid automobile battery factory in Holland, Mich., Thursday, July 15, 2010. (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times)


Secret Service Agents and White House personnel are seen at a landing zone in Tulip City, Mich. before President Barack Obama's remarks at a groundbreaking ceremony for the new LG Chem Compact Power, Inc. hybrid automobile battery factory in Holland, Mich., Thursday, July 15, 2010. (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times)


Onlookers gathered in downtown Bar Harbor, Maine to try and catch a glimpse of President Barack Obama on the first night of his family vacation in Maine. (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times)


White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs fields a barrage of questions from reporters regarding the Wikileaks military document leak during the White House Daily Briefing, Monday, July 26, 2010 in Washington, D.C. (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times)


Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) at right, and Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) leave a Democratic caucus before holding a press conference on climate and energy on Capitol Hill, Thursday, July 22, 2010 in Washington, D.C. (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times)


The late Senator Robert Byrd (D-W.VA.) is carried down the East Senate Steps of the U.S. Capitol by a military honor guard after laying in state on the Senate Floor, Thursday, July 1, 2010 in Washington, D.C. (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times)


A Christian demonstrator carries a mannequin of Jesus Christ outside the United States House of Representatives on Capitol Hill. (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times)


An Air Force C130-J is seen on the runway at Bar Harbor Airport in Maine after transporting Secret Service agents, equipment, and members of the White House Press Corp to Maine for President Barack Obama's weekend vacation with his family.


Ready for the flight home from Bar Harbor, Maine to Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland.


Upon landing at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, the ramp of our Air Force C-130J was lowered, allowing the afternoon light to flood in and illuminate the interior.


Representatives from the National Law Enforcement Museum announced a donation of artifacts from the estate of former F.B.I. Director J. Edgar Hoover to the museum, Wednesday, July 7, 2010 in Washington, D.C. (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times)


Arlington, Va. residents watch 4th of July fireworks from the Route 50 pedestrian bridge across the Potomac River from the Nation's Capitol.


A late-night chess game in Lafayette Park.


A passenger waits for his train in the late evening sun on the platform at Baltimore's Penn. Station, Wednesday, July 21, 2010 in Baltimore, Md. (Luke Sharrett/The New York Times)

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