New ZUMA Advertisement
Recognition is always nice. So when I opened the august issue of News Photographer Magazine, I was thrilled to see an advertisement for ZUMA Press, the agency that represents me, with one of my photographs. ZUMA is all about doing photos big when they use them. Whether it is in their advertisements or in their [...]
The Inauguration of Barack Obama
The Inauguration of Barack Obama – Images by Pete Marovich Images from inauguration weekend 2009 including the concert on the steps on the Lincoln Memorial and spectators watching the inaugural ceremony on the National Mall.
A New Birth of Freedom
On January 20, 2009, Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in as president just days before the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth. His inauguration theme: “A New Birth Of Freedom,” a phrase from the Gettysburg Address, reflected the timing. More than a million people braved freezing temperatures on the National Mall to witness history as [...]
Reid Delays Vote on Oil Spill Until September at Earliest (Washington Independent)
The Washington Independent used a photo I shot of Majority Leader Harry Reid from a press conference last week. Link: The Washington Indenpendent
Do you like this photo?
OK. Not sure how many responses I will get, but I am curious about what others think of this photo. An attempt at something different. I will tell more about it after I get some votes in the can.
Civil Disobedience – Kinda
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 [...]
Senate Democrats to introduce energy bill – Mother Nature Network
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.
For Oil Spill Victims, Fair Compensation Requires a Crystal Ball (Washington Independent)
While shooting Kenneth Feinberg, the administrator of the BP Oil Spill Victim Compensation Fund, as he testified before congress the other day, I played around with some strange in-camera cropping. I was not sure if it worked and I am still undecided, but apparently The Washington Independent like one of them since they used it [...]
“Presidential” Visit
Covering Capitol Hill means always trying to find something “different” to make a photo. The repetitiveness of chasing politicians, shooting hearings and press conferences can get to be a bit dry. Thankfully you never know who you will run into on Capitol Hill. It could be a movie star lobbying congress for their cause or [...]
Where’s the Beef? (PETA Protests on Capitol Hill)
If an organization has a message that it feels strongly about, I think it would really help their cause if their presentation was not taken from the Gypsy Rose Lee playbook. PETA was on Capitol Hill yesterday to protest National Hot Dog Month. The event has turned into a yearly sideshow. PETA has been coming [...]
As Reid Prepares Energy Bill, Emissions Cap in Doubt (Washington Independent)
The Washington Independent picked up a photo from the weekly stakeout after the weekly caucus lunches. The stakeout happens every Tuesday and although it is very predictable and repetitive, it never ceases to amaze me how many times these photos are used. Click here for the Link to the Washington Independent story.
Finance Bill Close to Passage in Senate (Wall Street Journal)
The Wall Street Journal recently used a photo of mine in a story online and in the printed edition. It was actually a photo taken in April. Online version can be found on the Wall Street Journal website (Click Here).
How Barney Frank Forged a Financial Reform Bill (TIME)
TIME recently picked up an image of mine of Rep. Barney Frank from the financial reform bill negotiations in Congress. Click here for the story on TIME.com.
Halliburton: Oil Spill Fall Guy? (Mother Jones)
Mother Jones online picked up one of my images from the Deepwater Horizon disaster hearings on Capitol Hill. Read the Mother Jones Story here.
TIME MAGAZINE – Quotes of the Day
“Somebody who wants to burn their passport, well, let’s help them along. ” SCOTT BROWN – Republican senator of Massachusetts and co-sponsor of the Terrorist Expatriation Act, a bill that would allow Washington to revoke U.S. citizenship from people suspected of providing support to terrorists. LINK TO TIME MAGAZINE
Demi Moore Speaks Out on 'Dirty Little Secret' – (People Magazine)
Demi Moore, spoke at a briefing on Domestic Sex Trafficking of Children, in Washington D.C. on Tuesday. Published in People Magazine.
Did Ex-Mortgage Guru Lie Under Oath? (Mother Jones)
Mother Jones story about how Goldman’s ex-mortgage exec. Daniel Sparks told Congress he didn’t expect a group of financial products to fail. Internal documents suggest he knew otherwise. Read the story here: Did Goldman’s Ex-Mortgage Guru Lie Under Oath?
The “Long” and “Short” of it.
The Goldman Sachs Hearings on Capitol Hill 8:30 a.m. Arrived early for a 10:00 hearing. There are already 15 or 20 photographers and a slew of writers and TV already in the room. Thankfully it is a bigger room than the one that held the Toyota hearings a few months back. First thing is to [...]
Covering a Historic Vote
One thing I think all photojournalists know is that trying to cover any big event as a one-man-band is a lot of work and sometimes a bit of a crap shoot. Nobody can be everywhere at once. And since you can’t, you have to accept the fact that you are going to miss stuff. So [...]
Covering Capitol Hill
I had my first opportunity to cover hearings on Capitol Hill this week and according to the Hill veteran photographers it was a pretty big event on which to get my feet wet. There was a LOT of media there. It was the Toyota hearings before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. One [...]
