Photographing the 2020 Presidential Campaign, with Salwan Georges

B&H Photography Podcast

Jill Waterman

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🗓️ 3 December 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Today we welcome back to the B&H Photography Podcast, Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist and friend to the show, Salwan Georges. Georges joined us four years ago to talk about his documentary project centered around the Arabic communities in Michigan, but a lot has changed since then, and today he joins us to discuss his work covering the 2020 presidential campaigns for the Washington Post.

With Georges, we dig into the nuts and bolts of navigating a presidential election in the middle of a pandemic. We talk about press pools, political rallies, booking your own airfare, and making sure your hotel room is disinfected. We also discuss getting new angles to tell stories, prime versus zoom, switching to the Sony a9 II, and using an iPhone when that’s the only option. Georges also relates his experiences working with editors, having the back of other photographers, and his additional work covering the opioid crisis and other painful stories of our time.

Join us for this insightful conversation that we recorded in the days immediately following the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

Guest: Salwan Georges

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0:00.0	You're listening to the B&H Photography Podcast.
0:04.1	For over 40 years, B&H has been the professional source for photography, video, audio, and
0:09.0	more.
0:10.0	For your favorite gear, news, and reviews, visit us at bnh.com or download the B&H app to
0:15.5	your iPhone or Android device.
0:17.7	Now here's your host, Alan White.
0:21.0	Greetings and welcome to the B&H Photography Podcast.
0:24.5	Today, John Harrison, I will be speaking with photojournalist, Salwyn George, is about
0:29.0	covering this year's presidential campaigns.
0:31.8	He's covered not only the Trump and Biden campaign, but that of Bernie Sanders and other
0:35.7	primary races.
0:36.7	Salwyn is a staff photographer for the Washington Post and has covered a wide spectrum of news
0:41.3	while continuing to work on personal projects.
0:44.2	We'll give you his web and Instagram information at the end of the show, but please check out
0:48.5	his important photo essays on the opioid crisis, immigration, the COVID pandemic, and the
0:54.7	Black Lives Matter movement in addition to his coverage of the campaigns.
0:58.7	We should mention Salwyn is not only a 2020 Pulitzer Prize winner for explanatory journalism
1:04.4	and staff coverage of the climate crisis, but he's also a pest guest on the B&H Photography
1:09.4	podcast, and we're delighted that we have him back again.
1:12.9	Welcome back to the show, Salwyn.
1:14.5	Thanks for having me, guys.
1:16.0	It's to be with you.
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