LaGuardia Airport

Hillary in a Blur

Staying in the archives for now. Found myself on a plane with the then Secretary of State in February of 2009. She gave permission for a shot and chatted briefly but while we were walking briskly in not great light.

Madam Secretary

Seemed appropriate for the day after Election Day, with ballots still being counted. Then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was on a flight I took to LaGuardia. I caught this snap after landing as she and her escorts were hurrying to their waiting limos. After giving permission, she asked who I was with [which newspaper] and I explained I was freelance and she was my 4th Secretary of State. She asked who else I had and I told her Elliot Richardson, Cyrus Vance and John Kerry. “All good men,” she assured me before dashing off. As you can see, I didn’t manage a high enough shutter speed to prevent some blur.

Light Plays Funny Tricks

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Hillary Clinton

LaGuardia Airport, New York. February, 2009.

The Secretary of State was on my flight to New York. After we landed I asked her Secret Service escort if I could photograph her. They told me it was up to her when she done using the facilities. She granted me the opportunity and talked a little as she hustled off to her waiting car, asking me who I was with – I smiled and told her I wasn’t a journalist but that she was the third Secretary of State I’d shot. She asked who the others were (Cyrus Vance and Elliot Richardson) and she told me they were both good men. Unfortunately we were walking too quickly and it was too dim for me to get a clear shot – all I got was this motion-blurred one.