Photos by Scout Tufankjian
New Yorker Scout Tufankjian, 29, knows something about foresight.
Last month, photos she started taking two years ago featuring a political long shot named Barack Obama hit bookstores in a sweeping, intimate portrait (“Yes We Can,” PowerHouse, $29.95) of the President-elect’s historic campaign. (Read more about the photographer at NY Daily News)
‘This country remains the greatest on Earth, not because of the size of our military
or the size of our economy, but because every child can actually achieve as much
they can dream.’ – ‘Meet the Press,’ July 25, 2004.
Credits: Miami, Florida, October 21, 2008 © Scout Tufankjian
‘I’ve always been clear that I’m rooted in the African-American community but not
limited to it.’ – The Washington Post, July 27, 2004.
Credits: En route to Hamilton, Indiana, August 31, 2008 © Copyright Scout Tufankjian
‘Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or do we participate in a politics of hope?
Hope – hope in the face of difficulty. hope in the face of uncertainty The audacity of
hope!’ – From the 2004 Democratic national Convention speech in July 2004 in Boston.
Credits: Greensboro, North Carolina, May 5, 2008 © Copyright Scout Tufankjian
‘My little girls can break my heart. They can make me cry just looking at them
eating their string beans.’ – Houston Chronicle, Oct. 29, 2006.
Credits: Chicago, Illinois, November 4, 2008 © Copyright Scout Tufankjian
‘If we aren’t willing to pay a price for our values, then we should ask ourselves
whether we truly believe in them at all.’ – From his autobiography, ‘The Audacity of Hope.’
Credits: Denver, Colorado, October 26, 2008 © copyright Scout Tufankjian
‘At their core Americans are decent people. And there is a sense of hope that
people can change this country together.’ – Times of London, Dec. 11, 2006.
Credits: Unity, New Hampshire, June 27, 2008 © Copyright Scout Tufankjian
‘There is not a liberal America and a conservative America – there is the United
States of America. There is not a black America and a white America and Latino
America nd Asian America – there’s the United States of America.’ – From his
keynote speech to the Democratic National Convention, July 2004.
Credits: St. Paul, Minnesota, June 3, 2008 © Copyright Scout Tufankjian
‘I was never the likeliest candidate for this office.’ – Victory speech, Nov. 4, 2008.
Credits: Chicago, Illinois, November, 4, 2008 © Copyright Scout Tufankjian
‘America, we are better than these last eight years. We are a better country
than this.’ – From Democratic National Convention, August 28, 2008, Denver, Colorado.
Credits: Des Moines, Iowa, January 2, 2008 © Copyright Scout Tufankjian
The Democratic National Convention.
Credits: Denver, Colorado, August 28, 2008 © Copyright Scout Tufankjian
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