When YH-R news editor Jeff Garretson and I were combing through hundreds of inauguration photos yesterday for our 1A photo I had one criteria: I wanted to avoid the tightly framed, head-and-shoulders standard taking the oath of office photo. We were looking for something more dramatic, more story telling, something different than we’d seen from previous inaugurations. As we went through the photos, one photo stood out. It was this one, the one we selected and ran on our front page today.
Barack Obama, left, takes the oath of office from Chief Justice John Roberts, not seen, as his wife Michelle, holds the Lincoln Bible and daughters Sasha, right and Malia, watch at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Chuck Kennedy, Pool)
Many other newspapers around the country made the same selection for their front pages (including the Seattle Post-Intelligencer).
There’s an amazing story behind the making of this photo. To read more, go to: nppa.org
–Gordon King
