South Dakota Capitol Building by Edward Crim
I knew that if I looked, some photographer out there would have already done a 50 State Capitols project.
Photographer. Republican. Writer.
Whip. Bodyman. Tech.
Assistant. Sidekick. Pollster.
The Barefoot Executive, 1971
Nov. 23, 1968: The Times wrote about the White House photographer Yoichi Robert Okamoto, right, who produced most of the 250,000 photos of President Lyndon B. Johnson housed at the time in a laboratory in Georgetown. The reporter, Nan Robertson, called the collection the “greatest album of candid pictures ever made of an American president.” She continued: “Some persons are appalled by the size and expense of Mr. Johnson’s picture operation. Others believe the price is little enough to pay for pictures that will be priceless to historians.” Photo: George Tames/The New York Times
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This is me, reading aloud the tiniest piece of the novel, six minutes and forty-four seconds near the end. Vermont comes near the end of the novel (which, actually, makes no sense, because there’s no reason this senator needs to worry about winning Vermont), but this bit was among the first that I wrote.
The first secret I taught every student I tutored was read your work out loud. It makes every sentence sound brand new. It makes a novel you’ve been writing for almost a year sound like something worth finishing.
April 11, 1988
Nov. 6, 1972: President Nixon on television on the eve of the presidential election. Unable to photograph Nixon in person, the enterprising Times photographer shot TV screens instead. Photo: Tyrone Dukes/The New York Times
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