moderating tonight's discussion is ben lebolt. he served on three presidential campaigns and he was deputy press secretary for barack obama's campaign for president, national press secretary for president obama's reelection campaign, and regional field director howard dean's campaign when he was fresh out of college. his prior work includes serving as press secretary for sherrod brown's campaign for senate, communications director for rahm emanuel's first campaign for mayor, and white house spokesman to confirm justices to the supreme court. he currently serves at bully pulpit interactive where he oversees communication services. part of a team of getty images finalists for the pillar surprise for breaking news -- pulitzer prize for breaking news photography. on mccain, mitt romney, barack obama, and many other candidates. carolyn caster is a photojournalist with the associated press. carolyn gerrit -- joined the ap in 2002 and moved to the seat in to washington,ed d.c. in 2009. hurricanes,anos, miners.d coal she covered the presi

ben lebolt. from the annenberg space for photography, this is one hour and 45 minutes. >> good evening, everyone. how is everyone doing tonight? excellent. i am the education and public programs manager here at the annenberg space for photography. welcome to this evening's event, which is "deadlines to headlines," in support of our newest exhibition. this exhibition, if you haven't seen it yet, it is closing in a few weeks, now is a good time. it tells the story of america's history through photography in the archives of the library of congress, many which have never before been exhibited. we tell the stories that shape america's history come a well-known and less well known. tonight, we are focusing on presidential elections and the people who photograph them. each of the photographers here tonight have photographed presidential campaigns in the past decade. we will hear what it is like running alongside these candidates every step of the journey, and we will appreciate not just the newsworthine