Comments on: Images galore

By: Righteous Bubba

Righteous Bubba — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:48:00 +0000

The Republican Party vs. the internet:

http://ideas.rebuildtheparty.com/pages/general

By: J Thomas

J Thomas — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:37:03 +0000

Roschelle, your examples are insignificant.

A little of that sort of thing always happens. It’s like, any time something goes wrong for israel you can find 20 palestinians willing to celebrate in front of cameras, and any time a palestinian child is shot there will be some israelis to cheer and make jokes, but when people look for it and get upset about it they’re creating the very problems they object to.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:26:11 +0000

They are hardly pics from the most surprising location but Lindsay Beyerstein has some nice photos of the celebration in Harlem on her blog. For example, here:
http://majikthise.typepad.com/majikthise_/2008/11/live-at-the-apo.html
http://majikthise.typepad.com/majikthise_/2008/11/obama-party-on.html
http://majikthise.typepad.com/majikthise_/2008/11/election-2008-p.html

And several more (they are all one picture per link or I’d put more.)

I didn’t go outside for it but I’m just up the block from 125th St. and it was easy to hear the excitement from inside my apartment. It was a rare time when I didn’t mind the noise!

By: Roschelle

Roschelle — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:02:32 +0000

It's seems that Obama's victory might very well divide us more than ever before. Surprisingly it's not his opponents that are broadening the division but his supporters.

By: jacob

jacob — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:51:57 +0000

Sorry, that was needlessly cryptic. Slog is at slog.thestranger.com

By: jacob

jacob — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:46:38 +0000

Slog, the blog at Seattle’s alternative newspaper, published several posts worth of photographs. Search by tag 2008 and go back several pages and you’ll find it. I’ve also seen various pictures of the DC celebrations from friends who posted them on Facebook.

I, too, would love to see a list of celebrations nationwide, with pictures and estimates of participation. I really think they’ll be the subject of dissertations one day.

By: A. Y. Mous

A. Y. Mous — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:00:27 +0000

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/11/the_next_president_of_the_unit.html

Collected over the campaign.

By: A. Y. Mous

A. Y. Mous — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 08:59:49 +0000

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/11/the_next_president_of_the_unit.html

Collected over the campaign.

By: Eszter Hargittai

Eszter Hargittai — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:42:34 +0000

Joel, you make a very good point. I’ve seen some pics and videos passed around for the Harvard/Cambridge area, but not much else. I’ve also seen friends post pics on their Facebook pages, but those are even less aggregated and accessible centrally. Is there any place on the Obama community Web site to post photos? Have they been aggregating anything? (I’m rushing out the door, otherwise, I’d check.)

By: Joel Turnipseed

Joel Turnipseed — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:23:32 +0000

A lot of these are good—but I also wish there were better aggregations of the worldwide celebrations. I drove through Minneapolis’ Cedar-Riverside area that night (about 12:30) after dropping off a pal who’d watched the returns with us: the celebration was much more joyous & populated than the skimpy set of photos I found on Flickr might imply.

At the time I drove through, the streets were filled for about two full blocks: I just rolled down my windows and high-fived people as I coasted through. Our Subaru took a hell of a beating as a big collective drum—but nothing permanent & there are few neighborhoods in Minneapolis I’d rather have seen celebrating.

Anyone else see amazing photos of the celebration? Where? Were you there?

By: Zamfir

Zamfir — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:14:07 +0000

The election night pictures move directly from “hanging in front of the TV, nervous” to “walking towards the victory speech”. There appears to be no gradual or sudden movement towards the realization of victory.