The photo above of Bill Clinton was taken on assignment for the AP. This was the first time I had a hard time getting a clean photo or something different than the other photographers. The problem was the fact that they had the media all corralled in a pen, like one used for cattle. There was one lady from the local Clinton campaign that was to see that we stayed in this “pen.” They would allow us to go up along the side, but we had to go with an escort. This made it extremely difficult to get a great shot.
After the rally, Clinton began to shake hands and kiss babies and he did kiss a lot of babies. Once again they tried to keep the media secluded in this corner of ours. A few of us decided to work together to break away. One photographer would go one way getting the attention of those in charge. He would stall while a few us went the other way to get our shots. After a few minutes of this another lady, I presume directly from the Clinton campaign, came out and let us loose.
It was a weird feeling being that close to a former president. My memories of Clinton's time were of him playing the saxophone on a talk show and of course his scandal. This night, he seemed so genuine. I guess that is why he served two terms.
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