September 11, 2008: What Is Still "Ground Zero"
This is the second year BAGnewsNotes has featured Alan Chin's images of the 9/11 anniversary from the World Trade Center site.
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Our Man On The Floor: Obama's Night … And Some Notes On Reality
I hope you enjoyed our coverage of the convention (and recall it fondly when we get our fundraising act together in the coming few months). Of course, I'm sure you've already enjoyed Alan's wonderful images in our final show of the show.
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Our Man On The Floor: The Obama Connection
Eighty thousand people, and every one feels like Obama's talking directly to them.
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Our Man On The Floor: The Average Joe
I think Biden -- and I believe this comes through in the pictures of the two men together -- lends a strong, grounding anchor to to this high-energy "change campaign," especially with the kind of inordinate, made-for-television presentation requirements necessary today (on the part of each party) to sell...
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Our Man On The Floor: That Old Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton gave the Democrats and Obama what they really need from him last night in Denver, which was simply the look of joy.
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Our Man On The Floor: "And, Four Years Ago…"
It was not lost on anyone last night that, had Kerry been even halfway as straightforward and aggressive in '04, this would have been his convention. It was that recognition on the part of our photographer, Alan Chin, that caused him to catch this photo, and only this...
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Later Today: Our Man On The Floor With Bill, Joe, John …and Barack
Stay tuned. (All images © Alan Chin. Denver.
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Our Man On The Floor: What Hillary Put Her Finger On
It's hard to say how it carried at home, but what made the Clinton speech so thoroughly electric here last night is that it activated and (finally) integrated two completely different sentiments often contradicting each other throughout the '08 Democratic race
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Our Man On The Floor: Beyond The Glamour And The Power
Just beyond the glamour and the power on display this week in Denver, let's not lose site of the men and women paying the price to make it go.
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Our Man On The Floor: The Michelle (And Biden) Buzz
Alan Chin filed these images from Michelle Obama's appearance this morning at the Colfax Event Center in which Joe Biden also made a surprise appearance. A buzz is building.
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Our Man On The Floor: The Teddy And Michelle Show
Visually, the massive spectacle was filled up by Teddy and Michelle, and eventually it became small again, a human scale.
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Our Man On The Floor: Lingering Feelings
With Hillary Clinton speaking tonight at the Democratic Convention, are these signs of trouble?
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Our Man On The Floor: Alan Chin's first slideshow from the Democratic National Convention
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For the past two months, BNN contributer Alan Chin has been in China. He just forwarded this link to a tragic series of images he shot for Newsweek in Beichuan and Dujiangyan.
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The BAG Prepares For The Second Coming (Of Obama-Mania)
Back in the cold of January, when Alan Chin was up in New Hampshire shooting for BNN, we didn't know whether, come the fall, the Obama picture would look more like this or this. I'm not saying the race is over, but it's been pure torture trying to visually...
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Our Man In Ohio #5: Taking It To The Bank
This is the last in a 48 hour series of Ohio primary dispatches from photojournalist and BNN Contributer Alan Chin.
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Our Man In Ohio #4: Hillary Pre-Dawn
The Clinton campaign, keeping its head down and focusing on the growing blue collar concern about the economy, decides late Sunday night to add a visit to the Toledo Chrysler factory, getting the jump at 4:30 the next morning.
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Our Man In Ohio #3: One Of Our Own
Perhaps race is a sensitive subject to discuss in the campaign because it isn't supposed to matter. Or, perhaps it is delicate talking about black pride in Obama out of caution not to detract from, or conflict with the pride so many women feel for Hillary.
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