Ron Paul photo "Fist of Support" wins The White House Photographers Assoc photo of the year

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Mr. Harnik led the “Insiders Washington” category for “Fist of Support” — his striking image of Republican presidential hopeful Rep. Ron Paul, the frame dominated by an American flag and punctuated by a lone, powerful fist. The image also has been named “Political Photo of the Year.”

“Ron Paul was speaking at the Iowa State Fair last December, with a row of very enthusiastic military vets behind him. Ron Paul was looking very ‘Ron Paul,’ and most everything he said was well received,” Mr, Harnik recalled.

“My photo editor, Joe Eddins, sent me to Iowa with a simple instruction. ‘Make something different,’ he told me. So I was in the back of the hall, gazing at this huge flag, watching the crowd go nuts. I waited to see what would happen,” Mr. Harnik continued. “Then after some particularly loud applause, when things died down, one vet’s forearm shot up. His fist was clenched, in the old ‘right on’ signal. It was just for a second. And that was the shot.”

(I will post a You tube video of it when one is posted. If anyone can copy the image here, I would appreciate it. Don't know how)