So we’re quickly approaching the tail end of political season and with early voting already haven begun, things get crazy. Die-hard, ardent Obama and McCain supporters like to show their enthusiasm, political signs spring up all over the place, people wait patiently to exercise their right to vote, and coffee cups not only retain people’s drink of choice but proudly display which president candidate you support. So in the spirit of the season my multi-media storytelling professor, Lisa, assigned a political activity shooting assignment. We were to turn in 5 photos that depicted any type of political activity such as campaign signs, voting, local elections, and so on. The following are my three favorite.
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- The Joseph A. Carroll Building located on 401 W. Hickory was an early voting location in Denton. Early voting started October 22, 20008.
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- Steve Saenz a 7 Eleven store clerk restocks the coffee cups in the store. 7 Eleven is having a 7 Election where customers cast a vote by purchasing one of the candidate cups.
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- Cynthia Cochran was directing the lines of voters showing up for early registration in side of the Joseph A. Carroll Building located on 401 W. Hickory Monday afternoon.
I have to admit I struggled a bit with the assignment because I didn’t want to get pictures of just signs. I didn’t know what was going on or where to look until a friend mentioned to me the coffee cups, although I think Lisa might have mentioned it in class too. The early voting I would not have known about if not for my friend Juan. I’m satisfied with the images I turned up with but I’d like to do better. It was an interesting and challenging assignment for me.
