Political Photography | matthew staver

Election Day 2012: Photographs from Colorado

It was a long 18+ hour Election Day for me here in Colorado, but I would have been disappointed if I wasn’t in the middle of it all for the duration. Below are a few of the documentary style photographs I made throughout the day beginning in the hard-fought Arapahoe County town of Byers and finishing in the Republican Party gathering in Denver.

A compilation of photographs of Political Ads on TV

Here is a grid of photographs I took of my TV screen, processed through Instagram, showing various scenes of the multitude of political advertisements for the presidential race here in the swing state of Colorado.

November 4, 2012 | Categories: Documentary Photography, Political Photography | Tags: Colorado, colorado photographer, Colorado photography, Creative, Denver, digital photography, documentary photography, Editorial Photography, Election 2012, good documentary photography, good photography, gritty, Instagram, Mitt Romney, Obama, photography, Political Photography, President, President Barack Obama, Romney | Leave a comment

Photographs of Clinton in Colorado

Former President Bill Clinton made a stop in Colorado the other day – and here are a few of the photographs I captured in Commerce City.

November 1, 2012 | Categories: Documentary Photography, Editorial, Political Photography | Tags: Bill Clinton, Clinton, Colorado, colorado photographer, Colorado photography, Denver, digital photography, documentary photography, Editorial Photography, Election, Election 2012, good documentary photography, good photography, photography, Political Photography, Politics, President | Leave a comment

Photographs from the Presidential Debate

Here are a few of the photographs I captured last Wednesday during the presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney at the University of Denver.

October 7, 2012 | Categories: Documentary Photography, Political Photography | Tags: colorado photographer, Colorado photography, Denver, digital photography, documentary photography, Editorial Photography, good documentary photography, Mitt Romney, photography, Political Photography, President Barack Obama, President Obama, presidential debate | Leave a comment

Rick Santorum in Colorado

Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, spent some time in Colorado recently. I spent some time photographing some of that time. Below are some of the more visually interesting photographs.