No Rest For Scout

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Photographer Scout Tufankjian photographs President Barack Obama during the last presidential campaign.


BROOKLYN, N.Y. (A.W.)—After taking the most popular photo on Facebook and most re-Tweeted tweet in history, what’s next for Scout Tufankjian?

. . . The prize winner topped a cache of 12,000 photographs she shot throughout the campaign in what proved a non-stop vigil on the trail with scores of cameramen jostling for competition. The image of Michelle and Barack embracing ultimately wound up being used by the president’s campaign on both Facebook and Twitter, alongside the caption, “Four more years.”

Within hours, the photo became Facebook’s “most liked” photo, sending Tufankjian into a twitter of her own with the instant popularity . . .

“I’ve always had a deep admiration for the Obamas as a couple,” said Tufankjian. “They have a deep love and respect for one another. It is truly one of equals. You see it in the way they speak and listen to one another. I find that deeply inspirational. So that’s why I chose to focus on just them, rather than the crowd in the background. I wanted to capture them as man and wife . . .”

“It’s all about how people feel about the Obama family,” she maintains. “And how they feel about them in that moment.”


read more: http://www.armenianweekly.com/2013/01/08/no-rest-for-the-energized-scout-tufankjian/

[MineralMan]

1. She has a terrific, infectious smile, too.

Love her.

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2. she has

. . . the second best job in the country -- next to Pete Souza

[MineralMan]

3. Can't argue with that.