On January 21st, hundreds of thousands of Americans traveled to Washington D.C. for President Obama's second Inauguration. I was among them to celebrate the event. Here are some of the people I met. These photos follow a set I took at the first Inauguration in 2009 as well as photos I took on the election night in November; I plan to continue attending every Inauguration in the future in order to document the type of people who gather for this event. I call the series "The America We Elected" because I am interested in focusing on the faces of the people in the crowd rather than the main spectacle shown in the media; it is interesting to think about how the faces would be different given a different outcome in the election. For instance, we are looking at radiantly happy people and strangers bonding together with a shared sense of hope, but we can imagine alternate situations where the people I would have encountered might have been angry protestors, or just entirely different demographics of the population. The main thrust of the project is to capture reality as it is and present this little seen aspect to a larger audience. The photos are unmanipulated, spontaneous, and captured on film by a Rolleiflex camera. ]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5382 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5381

Faces is portrait series from an ongoing project on people, with the intention to look for and capture authenticity.]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5381 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5380

Faces is portrait series from an ongoing project on people, with the intention to look for and capture authenticity. vimeo.com/58041593]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5380 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5379

Portraits of entrepreneurs Quebecois, for whom the question of profit goes after those working conditions, personal development and improvement of the environment. How to do more with less? Enrich themselves ... but differently. --------------------------------------------- Des portraits d'entrepreneurs québecois, pour qui la question du profit passe après celles des conditions de travail, de l’épanouissement personnel et de l’amélioration de l’environnement. Comment faire mieux avec moins ? S’enrichir… mais différemment.]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5379 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5378

The Ethiopian Mekane Yesus Church owns and runs Aira Hospital - a small but by Ethiopian standards well equipped health facility - situtated in the far western part of rural Ethiopia. Despite financial hardship and lack of the most basic resources the dedicated surgeon Dr. Erik Erichsen and his team of local colleagues try as hard as they possibly can to serve some of the poorest people in the world]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5378 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5377

A little taste of Phillies baseball on the Spanish Beisbol Network]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5377 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5376

These are stories about a patch of land in Sydney, an infamous acre known as the Block, a place steeped in a rich history of Aboriginal culture, activism and hope. Over time, tragedy, drug abuse and crime crept into the Indigenous-owned housing precinct. In September 2010, the few remaining tenants received notice to vacate their homes. The Aboriginal Housing Company, which owned the crumbling terraces, was keen to redevelop the land. Now vacant, the Block sits on the verge of a new, uncertain rebirth. This virtual time capsule invites you to explore the Block, to witness the events that defined its 40-year history, and to meet the people whose lives it has shaped.]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5376 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5375

Phillip Toledano's life is marked by the passing of family. Each death diverting the river slightly. "You see yourself clearly when your parents die. You're silhouetted on the hilltop, whatever that means."]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5375 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5374

When Madje's dementia proved relentless, her daughter Maggie moved her life to care for her. Maggie documented the liberation from the roles she and her mother had learned to play -- a discovery that gave her the mother she always wanted.]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5374 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5373

Everyone pictured in this 12-person photo gallery has a mental illness. They live in this community. A daughter. An uncle. A sister. A friend. A neighbor. A co-worker. They are us. Photography by Lauren M. Whaley/CHCF Center for Health Reporting.]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5373 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5372

Joyce Plis directs the National Alliance on Mental Illness in Modesto, California. She's a hero to sick people who have nowhere else to turn. Her son Eric, 46, has schizophrenia. Photography, audio and production by Lauren M. Whaley/CHCF Center for Health Reporting. ]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5372 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5371

Matt Freitas, nurse practitioner, treats people with mental illness, including his daughter, who has schizophrenia. The number of patients seeking treatment for mental illness has tripled over the past three years, Freitas says. Photography, audio and production by Lauren M. Whaley, CHCF Center for Health Reporting.]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5371 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5370

The 2012 french president's election from the side of political activists.]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5370 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5369

David Hyman Kun Gek Do head instructor at age 13. ]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5369 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5368

Multimedia produced by Jose F. Moreno/Courier-Post]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5368 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5367

"Reframing Mexico" looks at the Mexico City beyond the violent headlines. The site features 12 short video documentaries and multiple interactive features. Topics include a single mother raising children in a large metro dump, a carpenter whose illegal immigration to the US ended when the American dream eluded him, a disabled father overcoming stigma and discrimination, and others. Interactive features include a border crossing game, a "build your own wrestler" feature, and more. This project is a collaboration between UNC Photojournalism and Monterrey Tec.]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5367 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5366

"Reframing Mexico" looks at the Mexico City beyond the violent headlines. The site features 12 short video documentaries and multiple interactive features. Topics include a single mother raising children in a large metro dump, a carpenter whose illegal immigration to the US ended when the American dream eluded him, a disabled father overcoming stigma and discrimination, and others. Interactive features include a border crossing game, a "build your own wrestler" feature, and more. This project is a collaboration between UNC Photojournalism and Monterrey Tec.]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5366 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5365

Chinese-Australian students have come under increasing scrutiny, raising debate about the role of culture, coaching colleges and notions of childhood in an increasingly competitive school environment. Are Chinese parents too pushy, their focus too narrow and the children too obedient? Or are there lessons to be learnt from Chinese students to ensure everyone shares in the success?]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5365 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5364

Goa Hippy Tribe is an interactive documentary that tells the story of the original Goan hippies, led by the inimitable Eight-Finger Eddie, who first met in the early 70s and re-connected on Facebook to re-unite in 2010. An immersive online trip, the project features interviews shot by director Darius Devas as well as material contributed by Facebook users as part of an initial, groundbreaking social media phase.]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5364 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5363

This project presents a collective portrait of workers who keep New York City running. Their stories unfold in a series of multimedia profiles produced by students at the Columbia Journalism School.]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5363 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5362

A collection of images that follows my journey into the past and asks questions of the future, while using pictures to create an awareness of exactly what the people of Camden, N.J., must face each day.]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5362 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5361

From warriors to "butterflies on wheels," Vietnamese women have inspired generations.]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5361 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5360

A group of singers from Tampa Bay traveled to Israel and the West Bank to perform a play about Martin Luther King Jr. The play, "Passages of Martin Luther King," explores the philosophy of non-violence that guided the American civil rights movement. The U.S. Department of State sponsored the play's performance in Jerusalem and on the West Bank as a cultural exchange with the Palestinian National Theater and Palestinian director Kamel Elbasha. The play was performed with Palestinian and American artists who performed 10 shows over three and a half weeks as a way to share King's message of non-violence and peaceful resistance.]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5360 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5359

The final flight of space shuttle Atlantis represents the end of NASA's shuttle program. In this special report, we compile shuttle program news, photos, facts and history. From the launch of Columbia in 1981, to the tragedy of Challenger in 1986, to the final flight of Atlantis in 2011, with videos, photo galleries, a shuttle trivia quiz and more. ]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5359 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5358

“Viral Sockpuppets” is a character-driven crowd-sourced conversational story-making game, played within the YouTube community. Every time someone asks you a question it has the potential to change the direction of your own personal narrative, but two people can only develop a narrative for a short period of time before it eventually dies. Equipping a community of storytellers with the power to design and resolve conflicts on a public stage can not only guarantee a committed audience for his or her story, but will also produce a one-of-a-kind experience. The creation of a good story does not need to be linear, formulaic or built around a single plot. The “Viral Sockpuppets” is a virtual “story-world” populated by characters that create new organically developed stories through an “exquisite corpse”-like game. The protagonist asks the community to help resolve a dilemma by responding to the question with a “sub-plot” story suggestion. Players are then divided into categories: the active players who produce “sub-plots” and the passive players who vote on which sub-plot is selected for the narrative. Once an active player wins the public vote two times within the active narrative (it does not need to be consecutive), that player assumes the role of protagonist. At that time, the current dilemma is resolved and a new one is launched featuring the new protagonist. In this way, the “story-world” of the game never ends facilitating “sub-plots” and narrative chapters to continue the story forever.]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5358 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5357

Tour of the new boston Tea Party museum]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5357 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5355

Florida's foreclosure crisis seems like a never-ending nightmare. Mortgages are caught up in MERS, an electronic database that most homeowners never heard of until the foreclosure crisis. Homeowners in foreclosure are worried that robo signing by lenders' employees may have led to mortgage fraud. The mortgage process itself is under scrutiny by the courts and government regulators who are asking: How could something so simple as a home loan go so terribly wrong?]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5355 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5353

A webdocumentary about Burkina Faso (Ouest Africa). Six people from this country will show us their dailylife and speak about their country.]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5353 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5351

This is our multimedia site for Super Bowl XLV. It includes videos, panoramic images and a photo feed. It may not be up long in this form. The NFL has a time limit on how long we can post images of its official events.]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5351 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5350

How a group of street children formed a brass band in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5350 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5349

With its opening on Jan. 11, 2011, the striking and grand Salvador Dali Museum entered a new era in its home along St. Petersburg, Florida's picturesque waterfront. The story of the Salvador Dali Museum is rich in detail and even some intrigue. So take your time and explore our special report to see for yourself why this museum and the surreal artist are now forever entwined with St. Petersburg's history.]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5349 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5348

Was modern physics born in the Inferno? Motion video for an Boston Globe Ideas section about the influence of Dante's Inferno in Galileo Physics]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5348 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5347

A look into Massachusetts ethnic/race/country of origin by town. ]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5347 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5346

Denmark was the first country to sign the UN Convention relating to the status of Refugees in 1951, and since then the small Scandinavian nation has received and helped numerous refugees. Over the past decade, however, national legislation have been tightened repeatedly leading to international criticism. The danish people are torn between national interest and international human rights. Nobody knows the exact number of refugees living illegally underground in Denmark, but it remains a fact that danish citizens deliberately choose to break the law in order to help them.]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5346 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5345

This interactive documentary tells the stories of African immigrants and refugees living in Australia and their struggles and successes in shaping - and being shaped by - Australian society. It is both multi-platform and multi-lingual as the entire site has been translated and subtitled into six of the highest needs languages spoken in the African-Australian community. Each story is also being broadcast nationally across 68 language programs on SBS Radio. ]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5345 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5344

A special put together to recall the era of Marcelo Bielsa as the coach of the Chilean national soccer team (la roja or la selecci�n Chilena) Includes galleries, infographics, statistics and videos. ]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5344 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5343

A special created to explore the enormously popular Chilean television series, Los 80, which tells the story of the Herrera family living their lives under the military regime. Features a video interview with Boris Quercia (of "Sexo con Amor" and "El rey de los huevones"), a text interview with screenwriter, Rodrigo Cuevas, a gallery of behind the scenes moments, and a interactive time line which shows how the Herrera family interacts with Chilean history.]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5343 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5342

Explores a Chilean copper mine of the same size and type as that of Mina San Jose, in order to see what mines can do to protect their workers and why individuals chose to be miners. Includes a mixed media video speaking with a miner and the mine boss, gallery of photos showing the space beneath the earth and interactive graphic mapping out this particular mine and demonstrating its safety protocols.]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5342 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5341

Camde isn't just the second-most dangerous city in country faced with losing half of its police force. Neglected woodlands and hundreds of abandoned buildings are home to a diverse homeless population that include people beyond South Jersey. ]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5341 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5340

Anti-Slavery International, founded in 1839, is the world's oldest international human rights organisation and the only charity in the UK working to eradicate all forms of modern slavery.]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5340 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5339

A selection of the most important, exciting acts performing this year at the Teatro del Lago en Frutillar, Chile along with a sample of their music.]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5339 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5338

A floor-by-floor interactive guide to the Boston's Museum of Fine Arts new Art of the Americas Wing.]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5338 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5337

The generation you belong to isn't just about the year of your birth, but about your cultural experiences. Take this quiz and pick which fashion trends, news events, movies, TV shows or toys you remember from your formative years. Then we'll match you up with your generation.]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5337 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5336

A community narrative as told through the photos and words of residents of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, during the 24 hours of Oct. 19, 2010.]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5336 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5335

An evolving collection of innovative, interactive stories exploring the world - and our place in it - from uniquely Canadian points of view.]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5335 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5334

n 2001, Argentina's economy collapsed, leading to deep economic and social disruption. But the Argentinean people are resilient, with a fierce spirit of determination. Now What Argentina? explores the history of this crisis, the adaptations of the people, and the enduring Argentinean culture. The site's debut follows a month-long foreign reporting assignment in which UNC-Chapel Hill journalism students collaborated with Pontificia Universidad Cat�lica Argentina journalism students to produce a dynamic multimedia website detailing the lingering effects of the country's economic crash. This project not only raises awareness of Argentina's struggles to a broad international audience but also illuminates the financial crises that are currently challenging people around the globe. The students, guided by faculty and professional journalists, used photos, audio, video, panoramic photos, timelapse photography, information graphics and design to examine the lasting effects of the 2001 economic collapse. The stories range from political violence and drug addiction to tango and soccer and much more. The stories of the people and their city make up Now What Argentina, a documentary multimedia project that examines the fall, recovery, and continued challenges of a nation.]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5334 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5333

In 1957, UC Berkeley student Burton Abbott was tried, convicted and executed for the kidnapping and killing of a 14-year-old girl. The case was based on purely circumstantial evidence, and a created a media frenzy in its day. This tool allows users to look at the news articles leading up to the execution, and vote on whether they thought Abbott was guilty of his crime. ( This project was done entirely in HTML5, no Flash used. )]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5333 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5332

California is going through the fragile process of desegregating the housing quarters of all of its prisons. In February 2010, Folsom State Prison became the fourth prison in the system to integrate its housing program. This map shows some of the politics that go into a typical prison yard at Folsom, and why many inmates are not happy about the integration policies.]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5332 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5331

33 Chilean miners were trapped in the mine San Jose and the same figure took the Plan B to start planning the final stages of the output of them to the surface. After two months of anxiety, wakefulness, and expectation, the rescue began. La Tercera invites you to know the process lived these past 68 days, which moved to Chile and shocked the world.]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5331 http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5330

In India, all women must confront the cultural pressure to bear a son. The consequences of this preference is a disregard for the lives of women and girls. From birth until death they face a constant threat of violence.]]> http://www.interactivenarratives.org/detail/?site_id=5330