This portrait was taken on January 22, 2006 in Windsor Ontario at the Hilton Hotel. The day before Mr. Harper led the newly formed Conservative Party to it's first minority government. Mr. Harper did a whirlwind tour of voter rich southern Ontario. He only succeeded in winnig one seat in Essex.
I waited outside by the tour bus after the rally for the opportunity to meet Mr. Harper. I approached him and told him a little fib. "Sir, you have to pose for me." He turned and looked at me as I continued," You see the last politicain I photographed was Mr. Harris before he was elected and he won."
"Well," he struck a pose for me, "Shoot away!!" Pleased with myself I took several pictues and scored an autograph from him as well. Imagine that, lying to a politician!!
The irony is, just a couple of weeks earlier a friend's son asked if I had photographed anybody famous. Then this opportunity came about.Now this portrait and autograph are a proud addition to my portfolio. The funny thing of it, depending on what part of the country I find myself in, is the reaction I get when somebody is looking through my portfolio. Back in Windsor the response has been-if you were that close to him why didn't you slap him in the kisser. Out here in Alberta, people are in awe that I got to photograph him up close and personal.
1 comment:
That almost looks like a smile on his face..But i know that couldn't be the case. Mechanical men don't smile.
You can add me into the Windsor group (but you already knew that)on how I feel about that guy.
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