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  • 20
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    2012
    12:16pm, EDT

    Illinois voters cast their primary ballots

    Jim Young / Reuters

    A voter emerges from the voting booth after casting her ballot in the Republican presidential primary at a laundromat being used as a polling station in Chicago, Illinois, March 20.

    Scott Olson / Getty Images

    Wiley Corbin casts his vote at a polling place inside the El Mamey Bar on March 20, in Chicago, Illinois. Voter turnout is expected to be low. The polling place inside the El Mamey Bar had seen six voters in it's first 3.5 hours of operation.

    Don Emmert / AFP - Getty Images

    Landon Peterson peeks out of the voting booth while his mother Meghan votes March 20, at Christian union Church in Metamora, Illinois. White House hopeful Mitt Romney eyed a big win in President Barack Obama's home state Tuesday as he sought to clinch the Republican nomination and focus on November's general election. Polls across Illinois opened for the state primary at 6:00 am (1100 GMT) with former Massachusetts governor Romney the odds-on favorite to win.

    John Gress / Getty Images

    Kiwana Annons casts her ballot at South Chicago Dodge Chrysler Jeep in the state primary on March 20, in Chicago, Illinois. Republican presidential candidates spent the week campaigning leading up to the state's primary elections, when 54 GOP delegates are up for grabs. With former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in the lead on delegates, fellow candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum continues to compete for the 1,444 necessary to secure the nomination before the last primary, in Utah on June 26.

     

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  • 18
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    2012
    12:12pm, EST

    Unscripted moments on the campaign trail

    David Goldman / AP

    Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, reaches out from his car window to grab a book to autograph for a supporter as he leaves a campaign stop on Tuesday, Jan. 17, in Rock Hill, S.C.

    Jason Reed / Reuters

    U.S. Republican presidential candidate and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich has his earlobes rubbed backstage by his wife Callista before speaking at the Art Trails Gallery in Florence, South Carolina, Jan. 17. The South Carolina Primary will be held on January 21.

    Charles Dharapak / AP

    Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, speaks on his phone after getting into an elevator before he addresses Business Speaks, a business and economic forum hosted by the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce, in Columbia, S.C., on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012.

    Eric Thayer / Reuters

    Republican presidential candidate and Texas governor Rick Perry greets a man at the BIPEC GOP Primary Candidates Forum in Columbia, South Carolina Jan. 17.

    Joe Raedle / Getty Images

    Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets people during a campaign rally on Jan.17 in Florence, South Carolina.

    By John Makely, NBC News

     Most political campaigns are very protective of the images that the public sees. Carefully staged events with large flags draped as a backdrop, full venues packed with supporters and a smiling, upbeat candidate are the image they want to project.

    Photographs are a powerful way to reinforce or question voters’ pre-conceived notions about the candidates. Most campaign managers understand this very well and limit photojournalists’ access to their candidate to better control the public’s impressions. Most photojournalists I know, as a rule, despise the staged events and prefer to find a real moment that may reflect their subject’s personality or lend insight to an issue. These images taken on Tuesday are some of the best examples of photojournalists working hard to bring us a view beyond the scripted events.

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    Newt Gingrich has his earlobes rubbed I think I threw up a bit there with that imagery.

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