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White House photographers honor Times’ Harnik, Geraci
By Jennifer Harper-The Washington Times Sunday, February 26, 2012 Andrew Harnik
Washington Times photographer Andrew Harnik has won four first-place awards in the White House News Photographers Association’s annual “Eyes of History” competition and finished second overall, losing the Photographer of the Year award only on a tiebreaker.
Mr. Harnik led the “Insiders Washington” category for “Fist of Support” — his striking image of Republican presidential hopeful Rep. Ron Paul, the frame dominated by an American flag and punctuated by a lone, powerful fist. The image also has been named “Political Photo of the Year.”
“Ron Paul was speaking at the Iowa State Fair last December, with a row of very enthusiastic military vets behind him. Ron Paul was looking very ‘Ron Paul,’ and most everything he said was well received,” Mr, Harnik recalled.
“My photo editor, Joe Eddins, sent me to Iowa with a simple instruction. ‘Make something different,’ he told me. So I was in the back of the hall, gazing at this huge flag, watching the crowd go nuts. I waited to see what would happen,” Mr. Harnik continued. “Then after some particularly loud applause, when things died down, one vet’s forearm shot up. His fist was clenched, in the old ‘right on’ signal. It was just for a second. And that was the shot.”
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