hirethestache@alien.topOPBtoPhotography@viewfinder.pro•To Publish or Not: Pondering Over My Collection of Bernie Sanders PhotosEnglish
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1 year agoNo, he was not and the way he portrayed himself completely erased my work. The reality of the matter is that I spent a year on the road with Bernie, away from my wife and my family - while I invited Fro onto the trail for all of four days across two months. You are not the first to ask me this and I know you won’t be the last, I fear. Truth be told, I was the only dedicated, full time photographer on the campaign. For the few days I was off the road sick, either our campaign deputy manager, or a staffer from our DC office, filled in for me.
He is about as big of an opportunist as I’ve ever come across in my life. I have come across multiple people though who think that he was Bernie’s photographer and respond to me with “you worked for the campaign also?” when nearly every image we released publicly, or that went on peoples doors, or in their mailboxes, or through newsletters or social media, was taken by me. We never published any of his shit because it was just that…