Travels with Barack
“Four years ago Time pho­to­grapher Cal­lie Shell met Barack Obama back­stage when she was cov­er­ing pres­id­en­tial can­did­ate John Kerry. She sent her editor more pho­to­graphs of Obama than Kerry. When asked why, she said, “I do not know. I just have a feel­ing about him. I think he will be import­ant down the road.” Her first photo essay on Obama was two and half years ago. She has stuck with him ever since.”

As photo gal­ler­ies go, this is strangely poing­ant. There may just be more human than machine in Obama. Whether that’s a good thing in a Pres­id­ent, I can only hope.