The Mother Nature Network picked up a photo of mine from a recent press conference when Majority Leader Harry Reid told reporters that republicans continue to block climate legislation. Click here for the story on The Mother Nature Network.
There were three photographers in the Senate Press Photographer’s Gallery when Mark Abraham, the gallery deputy director, received an email saying that the Capitol Police were responding to a disturbance in the Capitol Rotunda. After the obligatory 15 seconds of trying to determine if he was serious or just messing with us, we took off [...]
Images from Naples Italy. All images copyright Pete Marovich. Pete Marovich is a photojournalist based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He is represented by ZUMA Press
Design by 
Modified by Pete Marovich
Hosting by
Archive by 
Prizefighters and Politicians
I had two assignments today. One was covering the issuing of the first marriage licenses to the Washington, D.C. gay and lesbian community and the second was the Floyd Mayweather and Sugar Shane Mosley press conference. The press conference was part of their public relations tour leading up to their fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on May 1.
The first assignment was better.
Still, although I can’t call myself a fan, and I know very little about boxing, I am fascinated by it. There is something about the way that two men can get in a ring and battle it out and usually, although they try to hide it for the sake of showmanship, can be friends and respect each others talents and ability. As brutal as it can be there is an art about it.
I did notice a distinct similarity between prizefighter and politicians. Neither of them show up at press events on time.
The press conference was supposed to start at 11:00 a.m. according to what I thought I read on the the press release. At 11:20 the press and the public were still standing outside the theater. Of course I found out later that the press release said the doors open at 11:00 and the event starts at noon.
The lesson here is to READ the damn press release. OK, so I skimmed it. At least I was early.
BUT, as I said the doors did not open until 11:20 and of course the event did not start until 12:45.
Now, the point of this is not to pick on the event people but still the stars could have been on time.
The REAL issue was that I was hungry. I had started the day at 5:15 a.m. so I could be at the courthouse in D.C. for the license story at 7:00. I left there about 10:20 to catch the metro to the press conference and arrived about 10:50. That Pop Tart I had in the car on the way to the metro had worn off.
The lesson here I think is to have some snacks in the backpack. You never know when the next chance to eat may come.
Back to the event…
The thing that was interesting was that the one politician I saw at the event, beleaguered (always wanted to use that word) D.C. City Council member and former mayor, Marion Barry, was there and seated on time. (Barry was censured by the council the night before for violating conflict of interest rules and impeding an investigation. They also stripped him of his committee chairmanship.)
I guess sometimes politicians can be on time. Even the ones having a bad week.
This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 at 8:42 pm. It is filed under On Assignment and tagged with advice, Commentary, linkedin, People, photojournalism, photojournalist, Politics, Sports, Washington D.C.. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.