Four years capturing Donald Trump

Barria’s photographs are solemn and heartbreaking in the way they portray the grief and angst of a life cut short, and being there has earned her her role as a photojournalist covering the White House.

“It closes the whole circle of photojournalists, to see where the policies are made and see them there,” Barria said.

Take risks

If there’s one thing Trump, with his directing history, listens to above all else, it’s his own image, and photographers have risen to the challenge of bringing the reality to the public. a man like that.

“I think this has ushered in a new era of photojournalists to be more creative,” said Sarah Silbiger, a freelance photojournalist who works for Getty Images and other outlets.

With the immense volume of images, photographers like Silbiger seek to take photos that offer something different. At a coronavirus press conference on April 4, Silbiger took a photo of Trump and Vice President Mike Pence from behind that looks revealing without showing much. Trump leans in to speak with Pence, and although their exchange is unknowable, there is a slight tension. In another photograph by Silbiger from June 23, Dr Anthony Fauci appears to be in a moment of quiet. It was before a House hearing, Silbiger said, and he was taking a deep breath.

Sometimes quick reflexes and a bit of luck translate into iconic photographs, as was the case with an Air Force One landing at Joint Base Andrews, Md., August 28. Four photographers met on the tarmac that night, as they had done several times before. ; this time it was dark and stormy after a rally earlier in the day. The ground was slippery with rainwater, reflections stretching like ghosts underfoot. Umbrella in hand, Trump was near the bottom of the stairs when a lightning bolt crossed the sky.

Nearby, The Associated Press’s Barria, Loeb, Mills, and Evan Vucci responded with a flurry of clicks, and remarkably, each captured the bolt in stark cinematic settings.