May202009
Ever wonder about those White House photo ops? »
The NY Times started up a photography blog- their first post was an interesting video giving a behind the scenes look at how White House photo ops work. The photographers are in the room for less than 25 seconds:
The “pool,” a White House staffer once told me, is a “thing.” If the thing is sitting in the briefing room for hours or in vans outside a restaurant, it doesn’t matter. It’s a thing, like the Secret Service or the Truman balcony. Give the thing a picture or two each day, preferably scripted. If the president is meeting with a head of state, the pool is part of the ceremony.
