Supreme Court Hears Arizona Immigration Case
I want to first say that it really pisses me off when my favorite photo from an event is shot on the iPhone with the Instagram App. Oh well! This was from the Supreme Court today were activists on both sides of the controversial Arizona immigration law, known as Arizona Senate Bill 1070, gathered to [...]
Obama Presses His Edge With Women (TIME.com)
Covered the President speaking to White House Forum on Women and the Economy for the European Pressphoto Agency today and TIME Magazine picked up one of my images from the event. For the story go to swampland.time.com.
Obama Dismisses Romney on American Exceptionalism (LA Times)
I covered President Obama’s joint press conference at the White House today with Michael Reynolds for the European Press Agency. The joint press conference was held in the Rose Garden with Canadian Prime Minister Harper and Mexican President Calderon who where in D.C. for the North American Leaders’ Summit (NALS). The leaders discussed cooperation on [...]
Bernanke On Economy (BusinessWeek)
Bloomberg BusinessWeek has a photo I made of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke for a story about the improving economy. Full story on their website at www.businessweek.com.
Panetta on Capitol Hill
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill on Wednesday about the current situation in Syria.
Santorum in ’93: More Government Needed in Health Care (Mother Jones)
It is nice to see your photos used with stories that also make you smile… Mother Jones picked up a photo I shot of Rick Santorum at CPAC2012 in Washington, D.C. for a story about how he once said that the government should be more involved in healthcare. Full story here: Santorum in ’93: More [...]
Starting Another Week on the Hill
My 6:45 a.m. arrival is always too early for the Senate subway…beginning another week covering Capitol Hill.
Your Daily Newt: We the Popsicles (Mother Jones)
Mother Jones used a photo from the Conservative Political Action Conference for their story on Newt. Read it here: motherjones.com: Your Daily Newt.
Covering CPAC in Washington D.C.
Scenes from CPAC 2012 – Images by Pete Marovich This Thursday and Friday I covered the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Wardman Park Marriott in Washington, D.C. CPAC began in 1973 and attracts more than 10,000 people. The American Conservative Union, which runs CPAC, announced it expected 1,200 members of the media. A [...]
Covering The State of the Union Address
Covering the President’s State of the Union Address (SOTU) at the U.S. Capitol is pretty cool. The event is full of pomp and pageantry but it is also the worst case example of hurry up and wait. Because of the heightened security surrounding the 9:00 p.m. event, it is best to arrive early and before [...]
Gabrielle Giffords and President Obama (Mother Jones)
Mother Jones picked up my image of President Barack Obama hugging Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) during the State of the Union Address on Capitol Hill Tuesday night. Giffords made only her second return to the House chamber since she was shot in the head last January and just one day before she is to resign [...]
How Pelosi Saved Boehner’s You-Know-What (Mother Jones)
My Pelosi and a penny photo on Mother Jones. (Click here)
Where’s the Beef (2011 Edition)
Last year I covered the PETA National Veggie Dog Day event on Capitol Hill and went on a little rant (See Where’s The Beef). I covered the event again this year and I think this year I will let the photos speak for themselves.
Stephen Colbert Wins PAC Approval (Mother Jones)
Mother Jones has used a photo of mine to go with their story about comedian Stephen Colbert winning approval from the Federal Election Commission to start a political organization to use to promote or oppose candidates in the next election. Read the story on Motherjones.com (click here).
Banks Set to Draw From Small-Business Fund (Wall St. Journal)
The Wall Street Journal picked up a photo of Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testifying before a House Small Business Committee hearing on “The State of Small Business Access to Capital and Credit.” The photo only ran in the paper, but the short story is online here: Geithner: Banks Set to Draw From Small-Business Fund.
Kevin Kline On Capitol Hill
Actor Kevin Kline made a visit to Capitol Hill today to testify before the Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs. Kline, a Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation celebrity advocate, got involved with the cause when his son was diagnosed as a child. Kline urged the FDA to take immediate action to accelerate the research and [...]
And You Thought It Was Glamorous
Yep. This is how it usually works when covering political photo-ops. We show up early. We get set. We wait. They are usually late. We usually have a pretty good amount of freedom on Capitol Hill. But then there are the quick photo sprays that are pretty much shooting them as they stand there. What [...]
From the Newsweek Archives: Osama bin Laden
Newsweek has picked up a photo I shot late Monday night when I made a quick pass by the White House to see if there was anything else going on after the announcement of the death of Osama bin Laden. They used it as the main photo of their archive section on bin Laden stories. [...]
Osama Bin Laden – Dead
People gathered in front of the White House on Monday to celebrate the death of Osama bin Laden. Sunday night President Obama, speaking from the East Room of the White House, told the nation that the United States attacked a compound Sunday in Pakistan’s Abbottabad Valley. During a firefight, the U.S. team killed bin Laden, [...]
Easier to Beg Forgiveness
You know that saying “It’s easier to beg for forgiveness than to ask for permission?” Well that worked for me today, and I did not even have to beg. I was heading from one Republican press conference to another at the Capitol today and when I arrived at the second one, the congressmen where just [...]
Ryan Speaks (The Wall Street Journal)
The Wall Street Journal picked up a photo from today’s Republican Press conference on the budget impasse on Capitol Hill. For more WSJ Photos of the Day from April, 5, 2011 go to online.wsj.com (click here).
Rainy Day for the Tea Party (The Wall Street Journal)
The Wall Street Journal picked up three of the photos from the recent Tea Party rally on Capitol Hill for a slideshow on their website. The slideshow can be viewed at Online.wsj.com (click here).
I Love Protests
I have to admit, I love protests. Photographically it is a target rich environment. So even though today was cold and rainy, I had something to look forward too. With all of the politics about the budget in the news recently, about 200 Tea Party protesters gathered near the U.S. Capitol for a rally to [...]
