Interactive Narratives

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. More…

Part two in a two part series examining the issues of the 2010 Chilean Presidential election through personal video stories. This part examines accessibility for people with disabilities, access to housing and public transportation. More…

Part 1 in a two part series, this project examines some of the major issues in the 2009 Chilean Presidential Election. Part 1 contains videos addressing crime, health care, education and social protections. More…

The Gallup organization first started asking Americans how they approved of the job the president was doing in the 1940s. See how each president since then has fared in the approval poll, look at some news events that influenced public opinion and compare how approval ratings evolved for each president. More…

President Barack Obama's first 100 days. Video, photos and a day-to day event breakdown. More…

Trillion is the new billion. No longer is it a billion here and a billion there that add up to real money. Swap a "t" for the "b" if you want a measure of what's at stake under President Barack Obama's first spending plan. This interactive looks at aspects of the Obama budget proposals. More…

President Barack Obama consciously emulated Abraham Lincoln during his campaign. But what do they actually have in common? In honor of the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth, a video animation looks at this tale of two presidents. More…

Learn about some of our nation's most memorable inaugural speeches. More…

Find out where the candidates stand on key issues. More…

This interactive tracks the flow of donations from individuals during the 2008 election cycle, allowing a user to examine the donations by state, date, amount and sector for various recipients. More…