Eli photographs Obama
About 27 months ago, photojournalist Scout Tufankjian ’00 sat in a dark room, begrudgingly waiting for a senator from Illinois. Unbeknownst to her at the time, that night would impact the next two years of her life. Now, just a few months before Barack Obama is inaugurated as president of the United States, Tufankjian will share the images she took on the campaign trail in her book, “Yes We Can: Barack Obama’s History-Making Presidential Campaign,” which will be released on Dec. 8.
Tufankjian, who graduated from Yale with a B.A. in political science, chats with staff reporter...