Portraits of scientist David Baker, Nobel laureate and UW professor, for Seattle Met
October 16, 2024

David Baker is the director of the Institute for Protein Design, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, a professor of biochemistry, and an adjunct professor of genome sciences, bioengineering, chemical engineering, computer science, and physics at the University of Washington, seen here in his lab in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Wed., Sept. 11, 2024. Baker's research group focuses on the design of synthetic nanoparticles including proteins and peptides.
David Baker is the director of the Institute for Protein Design, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, a professor of biochemistry, and an adjunct professor of genome sciences, bioengineering, chemical engineering, computer science, and physics at the University of Washington, seen here in his lab in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Wed., Sept. 11, 2024. Baker's research group focuses on the design of synthetic nanoparticles including proteins and peptides.
A model of a computationally designed peptide nanoparticle rests on a desk in an Institute for Protein Design lab at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Wed., Sept. 11, 2024. The two sides of the particle (orange and blue) have opposite chirality or handedness in their design, yielding a symmetric design. Most life on earth has left-handed chirality, and human bodies are designed to break down left-handed particles that enter the body. By creating a medicine-delivery particle such as this with half right-handed chirality, it makes the medicine more difficult for a body to break it down, hopefully allowing for medicine that has a longer therapeutic effect in a human. David Baker is the director of the Institute for Protein Design, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, a professor of biochemistry, and an adjunct professor of genome sciences, bioengineering, chemical engineering, computer science, and physics at the University of Washington. Baker's research group focuses on the design of synthetic nanoparticles including proteins and peptides.
A model of a designed protein nanoparticle rests on a desk in an Institute for Protein Design lab at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Wed., Sept. 11, 2024. Each color is a unique protein and each bump is an individual atom. The technology used in getting the proteins to form together in this symmetric protein structure allows the creation of medicines and vaccines. David Baker is the director of the Institute for Protein Design, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, a professor of biochemistry, and an adjunct professor of genome sciences, bioengineering, chemical engineering, computer science, and physics at the University of Washington. Baker's research group focuses on the design of synthetic nanoparticles including proteins and peptides.
David Baker is the director of the Institute for Protein Design, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, a professor of biochemistry, and an adjunct professor of genome sciences, bioengineering, chemical engineering, computer science, and physics at the University of Washington, seen here in his lab in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Wed., Sept. 11, 2024. Baker's research group focuses on the design of synthetic nanoparticles including proteins and peptides.
David Baker is the director of the Institute for Protein Design, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, a professor of biochemistry, and an adjunct professor of genome sciences, bioengineering, chemical engineering, computer science, and physics at the University of Washington, seen here in his lab in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Wed., Sept. 11, 2024. Baker's research group focuses on the design of synthetic nanoparticles including proteins and peptides.
David Baker is the director of the Institute for Protein Design, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, a professor of biochemistry, and an adjunct professor of genome sciences, bioengineering, chemical engineering, computer science, and physics at the University of Washington, seen here in his lab in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Wed., Sept. 11, 2024. Here, he is holding a model of a designed protein nanoparticle. Each color is a unique protein and each bump is an individual atom. The technology used in getting the proteins to form together in this symmetric protein structure allows the creation of medicines and vaccines. Baker's research group focuses on the design of synthetic nanoparticles including proteins and peptides.
David Baker is the director of the Institute for Protein Design, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, a professor of biochemistry, and an adjunct professor of genome sciences, bioengineering, chemical engineering, computer science, and physics at the University of Washington, seen here in his lab in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Wed., Sept. 11, 2024. Baker's research group focuses on the design of synthetic nanoparticles including proteins and peptides.

More than a month ago, and weeks before the big Nobel Prize news was announced, I had a (very) few minutes with University of Washington professor David Baker, for local magazine Seattle Met. Then, last week, the Nobel committee announced that Baker was one of the recipients of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on computational protein design. After the few minutes with Dr. Baker, I spent a little time photographing his 3D-printed models of synthetic proteins and other structures, the designs of which have promising potential in the field of medicine.

A big thanks to Nate at Seattle Met for the call on this assignment, which was my first for the publication. Here’s a link to the interview.

Portraits of Key Square Group’s Scott Bessent at the RNC, for Bloomberg Businessweek
September 10, 2024

Scott Bessent is founder of the Key Square Group investment firm, seen here in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, on Tue., July 16, 2024. He is photographed here in an upstairs room in Bloomberg's HQ at the 2024 Republican National Convention in the Deer Camp MKE restaurant near the Fiserv Forum. Bessent previously was Chief Investment Officer of Soros Fund Management. Bessent is a financial adviser for former president Donald Trump.
Scott Bessent is founder of the Key Square Group investment firm, seen here in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, on Tue., July 16, 2024. He is photographed here in an upstairs room in Bloomberg's HQ at the 2024 Republican National Convention in the Deer Camp MKE restaurant near the Fiserv Forum. Bessent previously was Chief Investment Officer of Soros Fund Management. Bessent is a financial adviser for former president Donald Trump.
Scott Bessent is founder of the Key Square Group investment firm, seen here in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, on Tue., July 16, 2024. He is photographed here in an upstairs room in Bloomberg's HQ at the 2024 Republican National Convention in the Deer Camp MKE restaurant near the Fiserv Forum. Bessent previously was Chief Investment Officer of Soros Fund Management. Bessent is a financial adviser for former president Donald Trump.
Scott Bessent is founder of the Key Square Group investment firm, seen here in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, on Tue., July 16, 2024. He is photographed here in an upstairs room in Bloomberg's HQ at the 2024 Republican National Convention in the Deer Camp MKE restaurant near the Fiserv Forum. Bessent previously was Chief Investment Officer of Soros Fund Management. Bessent is a financial adviser for former president Donald Trump.
Scott Bessent is founder of the Key Square Group investment firm, seen here in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, on Tue., July 16, 2024. He is photographed here in an upstairs room in Bloomberg's HQ at the 2024 Republican National Convention in the Deer Camp MKE restaurant near the Fiserv Forum. Bessent previously was Chief Investment Officer of Soros Fund Management. Bessent is a financial adviser for former president Donald Trump.
Scott Bessent is founder of the Key Square Group investment firm, seen here in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, on Tue., July 16, 2024. He is photographed here in an upstairs room in Bloomberg's HQ at the 2024 Republican National Convention in the Deer Camp MKE restaurant near the Fiserv Forum. Bessent previously was Chief Investment Officer of Soros Fund Management. Bessent is a financial adviser for former president Donald Trump.
Scott Bessent is founder of the Key Square Group investment firm, seen here in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, on Tue., July 16, 2024. He is photographed here in an upstairs room in Bloomberg's HQ at the 2024 Republican National Convention in the Deer Camp MKE restaurant near the Fiserv Forum. Bessent previously was Chief Investment Officer of Soros Fund Management. Bessent is a financial adviser for former president Donald Trump.

A last minute addition to the work I was doing at the RNC, I photographed Scott Bessent, thes the founder of the Key Square Group investment firm and a financial adviser and top fundraiser for former president Donald Trump, on Day 2 of the Republican National Convention in the Bloomberg HQ in a restaurant near the convention site in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for Bloomberg Businessweek. He’s considered a top candidate for Treasury secretary if Trump wins the 2024 presidential race.

Due to travel, security, and timing, I didn’t have the luxury of light stands, light modifiers, more than one light, an assistant, choice of portrait location, or time… Bessent agreed to have a portrait taken between talking on a live Bloomberg broadcast in the same space, which was the Bloomberg team’s newsroom for the convention, and his dinner that night. With Bessent’s assistant holding my bare-bulb flash, first frame to last frame was 6 minutes.

Thanks to Jane and Aeriel for trust and support behind the scenes!

New story: One hundred thousand balloons
September 1, 2024

Balloons fall from the ceiling in the balloon drop at the end of the night after former president Donald Trump formally accepted his nomination as the Republican party candidate at the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, on Thu., July 18, 2024.
Volunteers inflate balloons in the Fiserv Forum for next week's 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, on Thu., July 11, 2024. After inflating, the balloons are thrown into a large fabric funnel that feeds the balloons into net bags that hold the balloons until the drop on the last day of the convention. The volunteers are a mixture of event decoration professionals that are personal friends of Treb Heining, who has organized the balloon drops at the last 9 RNCs, and local high school students (and recent graduates) who are serving as city ambassadors during the convention. Treb Heining developed the funnel filling system for the first convention during which he oversaw the balloon drop, the 1988 Republican National Convention. The balloon inflation crew filled over 100,000 balloons for the drop on the final night of the convention.
Treb Heining, CEO of Glasshouse Balloon, has been in charge of the balloon drop at the past 9 Republican National Conventions and many DNCs. He is seen here with large stylized balloons that have been inflated but not yet mounted in the rafters of the Fiserv Forum where they will be dropped from the ceiling during the final night of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, seen on Thu., July 11, 2024. Heining started in the balloon industry as a walking balloon salesman at Disneyland in his native Anaheim, California, and now supplies balloons for many Disney properties around the world. He is the inventor of the Balloon Arch and has designed large event experiences including balloon releases at Super Bowls and Olympics opening ceremonies and, for more than 30 years, the annual New Years Eve confetti drop in New York's Times Square.
Volunteers refill a large net bag with spilled balloons on the convention floor before it will be lifted to the ceiling in the Fiserv Forum for the balloon drop on the last day of next week's 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, on Fri., July 12, 2024. Members of the balloon inflation team work with union riggers to lift and secure the net bags filled with the balloons in the ceiling of the arena.

I’ve added a new story to my website, and it’s a subject I’ve been trying to cover for nearly 8 years! And for the first time, I’ve used a little video and animated gifs.

For Bloomberg Businessweek, I photographed how exactly 100,000 balloons are dropped on the final night of American political conventions.

The balloon drops at almost every Republican National Convention and Democratic National Convention in the last four decades have been the work of Treb Heining, a man who has a claim to creating the entire balloon decorating industry.

Treb led a crew of balloon professionals and local volunteers as they inflated and tied, by hand over the course of three days, approximately 100,000 balloons to be mounted in the ceiling and dropped on the final night of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.

Big thanks to Jane Yeomans and Aeriel Brown for taking my pitch (twice!) and helping make this project a reality.

Here’s the story: One hundred thousand balloons.

Recent assignment work: graffiti, downtown development, battlefield crosses, prescription weightloss drugs, and a very good boy
July 24, 2024

Portraits of Max, a very good boy, for the New York Times

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - JUN 14, 2024. Max is a 2-year-old all-black German Shepherd, Malinois, Husky, mix, photographed against a seamless white backdrop outdoors in Greenlake Park in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Fri., June 14, 2024. Max is a rescue dog who is owned by Alyxx S Berg, 57, of Seattle. Berg said that Max, a former stray, was emaciated and weighed 30 pounds when adopted and now weighs around 70 pounds and is very healthy. Max is a participant in Darwin's Ark, a community science initiative that investigates animal genetics and behavior. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times 00SP-SCIPET-MANIFESTO
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - JUN 14, 2024. Close-up of the rainbow heart nametag of Max, a 2-year-old all-black German Shepherd, Malinois, Husky, mix, photographed in Greenlake Park in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Fri., June 14, 2024. Max is a rescue dog who is owned by Alyxx S Berg, 57, of Seattle. Berg said that Max, a former stray, was emaciated and weighed 30 pounds when adopted and now weighs around 70 pounds and is very healthy. Max is a participant in Darwin's Ark, a community science initiative that investigates animal genetics and behavior. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times 00SP-SCIPET-MANIFESTO
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - JUN 14, 2024. Max is a 2-year-old all-black German Shepherd, Malinois, Husky, mix, photographed against a seamless white backdrop outdoors in Greenlake Park in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Fri., June 14, 2024. Max is a rescue dog who is owned by Alyxx S Berg, 57, of Seattle. Berg said that Max, a former stray, was emaciated and weighed 30 pounds when adopted and now weighs around 70 pounds and is very healthy. Max is a participant in Darwin's Ark, a community science initiative that investigates animal genetics and behavior. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times 00SP-SCIPET-MANIFESTO
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - JUN 14, 2024. Close-up of the ears of Max, a 2-year-old all-black German Shepherd, Malinois, Husky, mix, photographed against a seamless white backdrop outdoors in Greenlake Park in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Fri., June 14, 2024. Max is a rescue dog who is owned by Alyxx S Berg, 57, of Seattle. Berg said that Max, a former stray, was emaciated and weighed 30 pounds when adopted and now weighs around 70 pounds and is very healthy. Max is a participant in Darwin's Ark, a community science initiative that investigates animal genetics and behavior. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times 00SP-SCIPET-MANIFESTO
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - JUN 14, 2024. Close-up of the paw of Max, a 2-year-old all-black German Shepherd, Malinois, Husky, mix, photographed against a seamless white backdrop outdoors in Greenlake Park in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Fri., June 14, 2024. Max is a rescue dog who is owned by Alyxx S Berg, 57, of Seattle. Berg said that Max, a former stray, was emaciated and weighed 30 pounds when adopted and now weighs around 70 pounds and is very healthy. Max is a participant in Darwin's Ark, a community science initiative that investigates animal genetics and behavior. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times 00SP-SCIPET-MANIFESTO
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - JUN 14, 2024. Close-up of the snout/mouth of Max, a 2-year-old all-black German Shepherd, Malinois, Husky, mix, photographed against a seamless white backdrop outdoors in Greenlake Park in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Fri., June 14, 2024. Max is a rescue dog who is owned by Alyxx S Berg, 57, of Seattle. Berg said that Max, a former stray, was emaciated and weighed 30 pounds when adopted and now weighs around 70 pounds and is very healthy. Max is a participant in Darwin's Ark, a community science initiative that investigates animal genetics and behavior. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times 00SP-SCIPET-MANIFESTO
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - JUN 14, 2024. Max is a 2-year-old all-black German Shepherd, Malinois, Husky, mix, photographed against a seamless white backdrop outdoors in Greenlake Park in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Fri., June 14, 2024. Max is a rescue dog who is owned by Alyxx S Berg, 57, of Seattle. Berg said that Max, a former stray, was emaciated and weighed 30 pounds when adopted and now weighs around 70 pounds and is very healthy. Max is a participant in Darwin's Ark, a community science initiative that investigates animal genetics and behavior. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times 00SP-SCIPET-MANIFESTO
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - JUN 14, 2024. Max, a 2-year-old all-black German Shepherd, Malinois, Husky, mix, photographed in Greenlake Park in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Fri., June 14, 2024. Max is a rescue dog who is owned by Alyxx S Berg, 57, of Seattle. Berg said that Max, a former stray, was emaciated and weighed 30 pounds when adopted and now weighs around 70 pounds and is very healthy. Max is a participant in Darwin's Ark, a community science initiative that investigates animal genetics and behavior. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times 00SP-SCIPET-MANIFESTO
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - JUN 14, 2024. Close-up of the snout and mouth of Max, a 2-year-old all-black German Shepherd, Malinois, Husky, mix, photographed in Greenlake Park in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Fri., June 14, 2024. Max is a rescue dog who is owned by Alyxx S Berg, 57, of Seattle. Berg said that Max, a former stray, was emaciated and weighed 30 pounds when adopted and now weighs around 70 pounds and is very healthy. Max is a participant in Darwin's Ark, a community science initiative that investigates animal genetics and behavior. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times 00SP-SCIPET-MANIFESTO
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - JUN 14, 2024. Max is a 2-year-old all-black German Shepherd, Malinois, Husky, mix, photographed against a seamless white backdrop outdoors in Greenlake Park in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Fri., June 14, 2024. Max is a rescue dog who is owned by Alyxx S Berg, 57, of Seattle. Berg said that Max, a former stray, was emaciated and weighed 30 pounds when adopted and now weighs around 70 pounds and is very healthy. Max is a participant in Darwin's Ark, a community science initiative that investigates animal genetics and behavior. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times 00SP-SCIPET-MANIFESTO

Battlefield crosses, for the Knights of Columbus

Adań (left) and Yolanda Gonzales are the parents of Sergeant Adań Gonzales, Jr., (in photo) a member of the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, killed in action during Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan on Aug. 7, 2011. Next to them is a curio cabinet filled with mementos of their son's service and a battlefield cross sculpture carved by chainsaw artist Anthony Marquez, a Marine veteran from Gonzales' unit. Marquez carved 17 such sculptures, all inscribed with the roman numeral XVII, for the 17 members of their unit killed in action. They are seen here in their home in Marysville, Washington, on Sat., April 13, 2024.
A battlefield cross sculpture carved by chainsaw artist Anthony Marquez is seen in the home of Adań and Yolanda Gonzales the parents of Sergeant Adań Gonzales, Jr., (seen in photo) a member of the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, killed in action during Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan on Aug. 7, 2011. Marquez is a Marine veteran from Gonzales' unit. Marquez carved 17 such sculptures, all inscribed with the roman numeral XVII, for the 17 members of their unit killed in action. It is seen in the Gonzales' home in Marysville, Washington, on Sat., April 13, 2024.
A Virgin Mary sculpture given by to his parents stands alongside a purple heart received by Sergeant Adań Gonzales, Jr., a member of the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, when he was killed in action during Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan on Aug. 7, 2011, in the home of Adań and Yolanda Gonzales, Sgt. Gonzales' parents in Marysville, Washington, on Sat., April 13, 2024. Also in the cabinet is a photo of Sgt. Gonzales with a Catholic priest in Afghanistan, challenge coins given by officers and friends to Sgt. Gonzales' parents after his death, and other memorabilia from Gonzales' military service.
Adań (left) and Yolanda Gonzales are the parents of Sergeant Adań Gonzales, Jr., (in photo) a member of the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, killed in action during Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan on Aug. 7, 2011. Next to them is a curio cabinet filled with mementos of their son's service and a battlefield cross sculpture carved by chainsaw artist Anthony Marquez, a Marine veteran from Gonzales' unit. Marquez carved 17 such sculptures, all inscribed with the roman numeral XVII, for the 17 members of their unit killed in action. They are seen here in their home in Marysville, Washington, on Sat., April 13, 2024.
Adań (left) and Yolanda Gonzales are the parents of Sergeant Adań Gonzales, Jr., (seen in photo) a member of the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, killed in action during Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan on Aug. 7, 2011. Next to them is a battlefield cross sculpture carved by chainsaw artist Anthony Marquez, a Marine veteran from Gonzales' unit. Marquez carved 17 such sculptures, all inscribed with the roman numeral XVII, for the 17 members of their unit killed in action. They are seen here in their home in Marysville, Washington, on Sat., April 13, 2024.

Seattle downtown development, for Bloomberg News

A McLaren Elva is lifted to the top of the First Light tower in Seattle, Washington, US, on Friday, May 17, 2024. Photographer: M. Scott Brauer/Bloomberg
People photograph the view from the 47th floor deck of the First Light tower in Seattle, Washington, US, on Friday, May 17, 2024. Photographer: M. Scott Brauer/Bloomberg
Construction workers on the 46th floor of the First Light tower in Seattle, Washington, US, on Friday, May 17, 2024. Photographer: M. Scott Brauer/Bloomberg
Retails space for lease in downtown Seattle, Washington, US, on Friday, May 17, 2024. Photographer: M. Scott Brauer/Bloomberg
The First Light tower (center, with crane)in Seattle, Washington, US, on Friday, May 17, 2024. Photographer: M. Scott Brauer/Bloomberg
Retails space for lease in downtown Seattle, Washington, US, on Friday, May 17, 2024. Photographer: M. Scott Brauer/Bloomberg
A construction crane stands above downtown Seattle, Washington, US, on Friday, May 17, 2024. Photographer: M. Scott Brauer/Bloomberg

Weight loss drugs, for the New York Times

WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON - JUN 3, 2024. Lesa Walton has been using Wegovy as a treatment for obesity for the past two years, seen in her home in Wenatchee, Washington, USA, on Mon., June 3, 2024. Walton says she has lost 66 pounds since starting weekly Wegovy injections; an earlier attempt to lose weight through diet and exercise only helped her lose 9 pounds in 4 months. "It [the weight] just dropped off without even trying," Walton said of the effects of Wegovy, "You take this medication and realize you're not deficient. It's something in your body [that's stopping you from losing weight]. I was super mad about it for a long time. They treat you like it's your fault. I was in the military and always super active just to have this weight keep going on." Walton, 57, is an Air Force veteran, and now works from home in the VA medical system as a Rating Veterans Service Representative, making decisions about appeals to disability claim denials. Walton says her clothes don't fit after losing the weight. "Everything's too big. It [the weight loss] still doesn't seem real. That's why I've avoided getting new clothes. Is this who I am? Do I really weigh 145 pounds?" Her highest weight was 215 pounds, and she weight 209 pounds when she started Wegovy treatments. She said that other health problems she had when she was obese, including rheumatoid arthritis and high blood pressure, have disappeared after the weight loss. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON - JUN 3, 2024. Lesa Walton compares her hand to a 2019 photo showing swelling from rheumatoid arthritis, a condition she had until losing weight after using Wegovy as a treatment for obesity for the past two years, seen in her home in Wenatchee, Washington, USA, on Mon., June 3, 2024. Walton says she has lost 66 pounds since starting weekly Wegovy injections; an earlier attempt to lose weight through diet and exercise only helped her lose 9 pounds in 4 months. "It [the weight] just dropped off without even trying," Walton said of the effects of Wegovy, "You take this medication and realize you're not deficient. It's something in your body [that's stopping you from losing weight]. I was super mad about it for a long time. They treat you like it's your fault. I was in the military and always super active just to have this weight keep going on." Walton, 57, is an Air Force veteran, and now works from home in the VA medical system as a Rating Veterans Service Representative, making decisions about appeals to disability claim denials. Walton says her clothes don't fit after losing the weight. "Everything's too big. It [the weight loss] still doesn't seem real. That's why I've avoided getting new clothes. Is this who I am? Do I really weigh 145 pounds?" Her highest weight was 215 pounds, and she weight 209 pounds when she started Wegovy treatments. She said that other health problems she had when she was obese, including rheumatoid arthritis and high blood pressure, have disappeared after the weight loss. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON - JUN 3, 2024. Lesa Walton holds a Wegovy injector pen, which she has used as a treatment for obesity for the past two years, seen in her home in Wenatchee, Washington, USA, on Mon., June 3, 2024. Walton says she has lost 66 pounds since starting weekly Wegovy injections; an earlier attempt to lose weight through diet and exercise only helped her lose 9 pounds in 4 months. "It [the weight] just dropped off without even trying," Walton said of the effects of Wegovy, "You take this medication and realize you're not deficient. It's something in your body [that's stopping you from losing weight]. I was super mad about it for a long time. They treat you like it's your fault. I was in the military and always super active just to have this weight keep going on." Walton, 57, is an Air Force veteran, and now works from home in the VA medical system as a Rating Veterans Service Representative, making decisions about appeals to disability claim denials. Walton says her clothes don't fit after losing the weight. "Everything's too big. It [the weight loss] still doesn't seem real. That's why I've avoided getting new clothes. Is this who I am? Do I really weigh 145 pounds?" Her highest weight was 215 pounds, and she weight 209 pounds when she started Wegovy treatments. She said that other health problems she had when she was obese, including rheumatoid arthritis and high blood pressure, have disappeared after the weight loss. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - MAY 31, 2024. Scott Hagan is a primary care doctor based in Seattle who says he is skeptical of so-called "obesity first" treatments, seen here in Jefferson Park in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Fri., May 31, 2024. "Obesity first" treatment is a philosophy of medical care that treats obesity before addressing other conditions that may be associated with obesity, such as high blood pressure. Proponents say that by getting the obesity under control, the other problems tend to be resolved. Hagan says he has a different perspective. "I'm going to use treatments I know work to control those [non-obesity] health problems, and if we're still having trouble managing those conditions, then we can talk about obesity treatments, which could include medications," he said. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - MAY 31, 2024. Stefie Deeds is an internal medicine and obesity medicine doctor in Seattle who advocates "obesity first" treatments, seen here in her Deeds Health private practice in West Seattle, Washington, USA, on Fri., May 31, 2024. "Obesity first" treatment is a philosophy of medical care that treats obesity before addressing other conditions that may be associated with obesity, such as high blood pressure. Proponents, like Deeds, say that by getting the obesity under control, the other problems tend to be resolved. "If you treat obesity and patients can lose weight, then the other conditions improve as well," Deeds said, "If you treat [obesity], everything gets better." Deeds says she has seen in the results in her own patients, though she wishes the medicines like Wegovy and Ozempic were less costly. "It's a shame how expensive they are in the United States. They need to be more affordable because people deserve treatment," she said. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times

Street art and graffiti, for Cascade PBS

BGnarley, a photographer who chronicles the Seattle region's graffiti scene, walks past graffiti on the so-called Dookie Wall in the SODO area of Seattle, Washington, USA, on Tue., May 28, 2024. The Dookie Wall, so-named because the area was often used by dog-walkers in the past, is considered a "free wall" where graffiti writers are unofficially allowed to paint graffiti. BGnarley is a pseudonym he uses to post photos of graffiti around Seattle on social media (on instagram as B.Gnarley) and in a periodic magazine highlighting street art called BGnarley Underground Arts and Culture, the eighth issue of which is being finalized now.
Tags cover the ends of old metal barrels near the so-called Dookie Wall in the SODO area of Seattle, Washington, USA, on Tue., May 28, 2024. Local artists Aerub and Merlot are seen in 2020 tags in orange (center). The name of the wall is said to come from the fact that area around these disused train tracks was often used by dog walkers in the past. The Dookie Wall is considered a "free wall" where graffiti writers are unofficially allowed to paint graffiti.
Used paint cans lay on the ground in front of a graffiti piece reading Seko on the so-called Dookie Wall in the SODO area of Seattle, Washington, USA, on Tue., May 28, 2024. The name of the wall is said to come from the fact that area around these disused train tracks was often used by dog walkers in the past. The Dookie Wall is considered a "free wall" where graffiti writers are unofficially allowed to paint graffiti.
BGnarley, a photographer who chronicles the Seattle region's graffiti scene, stands near graffiti under the Ballard Bridge near Fisherman's Terminal in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Tue., May 28, 2024. BGnarley is a pseudonym he uses to post photos of graffiti around Seattle on social media (on instagram as B.Gnarley) and in a periodic magazine highlighting street art called BGnarley Underground Arts and Culture, the eighth issue of which is being finalized now.
A graffiti piece by local artist Aerub is seen on the so-called Dookie Wall in the SODO area of Seattle, Washington, USA, on Tue., May 28, 2024. The Heinous piece appears to be the top of at least 4 layers of murals. The name of the wall is said to come from the fact that area around these disused train tracks was often used by dog walkers in the past. The Dookie Wall is considered a "free wall" where graffiti writers are unofficially allowed to paint graffiti.
Graffiti, including a piece by Mosef (top), covers a "free wall" in an alley behind a West Seattle Rite Aid in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Tue., May 28, 2024. A "free wall" is where graffiti writers are unofficially allowed to paint graffiti.
A mural painted by mural artist Crick Lont (known as dozer_art on social media) for the 50th anniversary of hip-hop is seen in the Beacon Hill area of Seattle, Washington, USA, on Thu., May 30, 2024. "Because I'm a fan [of hip-hop]," Lont said, "I wanted to paint the biggest fan around." The mural features an image of Charlie, who Lont says is a long-time fixture of hip-hop shows in the Seattle area.
Mural artist Crick Lont (known as dozer_art on social media) is seen next to a commissioned mural he painted, with local graffiti writer Charms, on the exterior of La Esperanza Mercado Y Carniceria in the Beacon Hill area of Seattle, Washington, USA, on Thu., May 30, 2024. The mural features a large portrait of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata alongside the landscape, flora, and fauna, of the Sonoran Desert. The pair painted the mural in 2020 and, Lont says, wanted it to "reflect the community." The mural is a mixture of stenciled and freehand spray-paint art.
A butterfly painted by mural artist Crick Lont (known as dozer_art on social media) is seen in a commissioned mural he painted, with local graffiti writer Charms, on the exterior of La Esperanza Mercado Y Carniceria in the Beacon Hill area of Seattle, Washington, USA, on Thu., May 30, 2024. The mural features a large portrait of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata alongside the landscape, flora, and fauna, of the Sonoran Desert. The pair painted the mural in 2020 and, Lont says, wanted it to "reflect the community." The mural is a mixture of stenciled and freehand spray-paint art. Lont's logo, a silhouette of a graffiti writer with outstretched arms, is hidden above the midpoint of the butterfly's wing.
Mural artist Crick Lont (known as dozer_art on social media painted an electrical box with local artist Desmond Hansen in the Beacon Hill area of Seattle, Washington, USA, on Thu., May 30, 2024. Lont painted butterflies on the box.

Campus protests at the University of Washington, for the Chronicle of Higher Education and the New York Times
May 30, 2024

Pro-Palestine demonstrators blockade a staircase leading toward their encampment in the Quad on the University of Washington campus in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Tue., May 7, 2024. Far-right activist and founder of Turning Point USA Charlie Kirk's "Live Free Tour" event was being held nearby on the campus, and attendees who couldn't get into the event were stopped by the protesters from walking through the encampment. The pro-Palestine protest encampment started on the campus on April 29 and has since peacefully grown to more than 100 tents.
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - APR 4, 2024. A coalition of student groups led a protest in support of the people of Gaza and against the University of Washington's and Boeing's investment in Israel in the University of Washington's Red Square in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Thu., April 4, 2024. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the Chronicle of Higher Education
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - APR 4, 2024. A coalition of student groups led a protest in support of the people of Gaza and against the University of Washington's and Boeing's investment in Israel in the University of Washington's Red Square in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Thu., April 4, 2024. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the Chronicle of Higher Education
Pro-Palestine demonstrators gather in an encampment in the Quad on the University of Washington campus in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Tue., May 7, 2024. Far-right activist and founder of Turning Point USA Charlie Kirk's "Live Free Tour" event was being held elsewhere on the campus. The pro-Palestine protest encampment started on the campus on April 29 and has since peacefully grown to more than 100 tents.
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - APR 4, 2024. A coalition of student groups led a protest in support of the people of Gaza and against the University of Washington's and Boeing's investment in Israel in the University of Washington's Red Square in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Thu., April 4, 2024.
An injured Pro-Palestine demonstrator is helped away from the crowd after a brief skirmish with Turning Point USA event attendees on a blockaded staircase leading toward the protesters' encampment in the Quad on the University of Washington campus in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Tue., May 7, 2024. Far-right activist and founder of Turning Point USA Charlie Kirk's "Live Free Tour" event was being held nearby on the campus, and attendees who couldn't get into the event were stopped by the protesters from walking through the encampment. The pro-Palestine protest encampment started on the campus on April 29 and has since peacefully grown to more than 100 tents.
A pro-Palestine protest encampment started on the campus on April 29 and has since peacefully grown to more than 100 tents in The Quad on the University of Washington campus in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Tue., May 7, 2024.
A pro-Palestine protest encampment started on the campus on April 29 and has since peacefully grown to more than 100 tents in The Quad on the University of Washington campus in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Tue., May 7, 2024.
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - APR 4, 2024. A coalition of student groups led a protest in support of the people of Gaza and against the University of Washington's and Boeing's investment in Israel in the University of Washington's Red Square in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Thu., April 4, 2024. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the Chronicle of Higher Education
A Pro-Palestine demonstrator (left) waves a burned American flag in the face of an antagonistic man who was trying to fight the protesters who were blockading a staircase leading toward the protester's encampment in the Quad on the University of Washington campus in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Tue., May 7, 2024. Far-right activist and founder of Turning Point USA Charlie Kirk's "Live Free Tour" event was being held nearby on the campus, and attendees who couldn't get into the event were stopped by the protesters from walking through the encampment. The pro-Palestine protest encampment started on the campus on April 29 and has since peacefully grown to more than 100 tents.
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - APR 4, 2024. A coalition of student groups led a protest in support of the people of Gaza and against the University of Washington's and Boeing's investment in Israel in the University of Washington's Quad in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Thu., April 4, 2024. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the Chronicle of Higher Education
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - APR 4, 2024. A coalition of student groups led a protest in support of the people of Gaza and against the University of Washington's and Boeing's investment in Israel in the University of Washington's Quad in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Thu., April 4, 2024. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the Chronicle of Higher Education

Marie Gluesenkamp-Perez campaign and I-5 Bridge replacement, for the New York Times
May 1, 2024

VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON - FEB 26, 2024. Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D, Wash.-3rd) in her district office in Vancouver, Washington, on Mon., Feb. 26, 2024. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON - FEB 26, 2024. The Interstate 5 bridge stretches over the Columbia River between Vancouver, Wash., (in the distance) and Portland, Oreg., seen here from Portland, Oregon, on Mon., Feb. 26, 2024. Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D, Wash.-3rd) was part of the congressional delegation that secured approximately $600 million in federal funds as part of the estimated $6 billion cost to replace the drawbridge. During meetings with constituents the next day, Gluesenkamp Perez expressed astonishment that a single large yacht could completely stop traffic on the bridge and said that she hopes the replacement will be able to make opening of the draw bridge less frequent. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
STABLER, WASHINGTON - FEB 26, 2024. Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D, Wash.-3rd) (center foreground with black jacket and black hat) tours the Wind River Administrative Site with stakeholders involved in the project in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in Stabler, Washington, on Mon., Feb. 26, 2024. The Wind River site was a former US Forest Service nursery used for replanting forests and was transferred to Skamania County with the Wind River Administrative Site Conveyance Act, a congressional act supported by Gluesenkamp Perez. The site includes more than 20 buildings, some of which have already been rebuilt to be rented out as a vacation homes. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
STABLER, WASHINGTON - FEB 26, 2024. Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D, Wash.-3rd) (center) looks at progress of the rebuilding of the temporary visitor center of the Wind River Administrative Site in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in Stabler, Washington, on Mon., Feb. 26, 2024. The Wind River site was a former US Forest Service nursery used for replanting forests and was transferred to Skamania County with the Wind River Administrative Site Conveyance Act, a congressional act supported by Gluesenkamp Perez. The site includes more than 20 buildings, some of which have already been rebuilt to be rented out as a vacation homes. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times

For the New York Times, I spent a day with Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez as she met with constituents and handled congressional business for Washington’s 3rd Congressional District. Gluesenkamp Perez, a Democrat, won the 2020 congressional race by the slimmest of margins and now represents one of the reddest districts in the US.

She told a crowd at an evening fundraiser in Washougal that she thinks she holds the record for most successful amendments by a freshman representative and touted other successes including receiving $600 million in federal money to replace the aging I-5 bridge. But she’s a bit of an outlier among democrats in DC: prior to her election to Congress, she ran an auto repair shop with her husband; she grew up in an Evangelical household and was homeschooled for many years; and she’s one of the youngest members of Congress (born in 1988).

I followed along as she toured a former USDA tree nursery at Wind River that she helped return to the state to develop into a recreation area, went on a ride-along with an EMS crew that covers 1600 square miles in mostly rural Skamania County, met with the Director of the National Weather Service to help replace two destroyed buoys (of three total) at the mouth of the Columbia River; toured the welding shop at Clark College (where she said many of the students would likely be those helping to build the I-5 bridge replacement; she also tried her hand at gas metal arc welding); and then held a fundraiser event at supporters’ home in Washougal.

Thanks again to Lance and Marisa for the assignment!

VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON - FEB 26, 2024. The Interstate 5 bridge stretches over the Columbia River between Vancouver, Wash., and Portland, Oreg., (in the distance) seen here from Vancouver, Washington, on Mon., Feb. 26, 2024. Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D, Wash.-3rd) was part of the congressional delegation that secured approximately $600 million in federal funds as part of the estimated $6 billion cost to replace the drawbridge. During meetings with constituents the next day, Gluesenkamp Perez expressed astonishment that a single large yacht could completely stop traffic on the bridge and said that she hopes the replacement will be able to make opening of the draw bridge less frequent. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
STEVENSON, WASHINGTON - FEB 26, 2024. Representative Gluesenkamp Perez (D, Wash.-3rd) (left) and senior advisor Phil Gardner arrive to speak with paramedics at Skamania County EMS & Rescue, a public emergency service provider, in Stevenson, Washington, on Mon., Feb. 26, 2024. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON - FEB 26, 2024. A cup of tea rests on the desk of Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D, Wash.-3rd) in her district office Vancouver, Washington, on Mon., Feb. 26, 2024. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
STEVENSON, WASHINGTON - FEB 26, 2024. Representative Gluesenkamp Perez (D, Wash.-3rd) (center) speaks with paramedic captains Mark Miller (left) and Kaitlyn Hildenbrand at Skamania County EMS & Rescue, a public emergency service provider, in Stevenson, Washington, on Mon., Feb. 26, 2024. The captains presented information about medical supply procurement and issues affect response times in the 1600-square mile rural area they serve. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
SKAMANIA COUNTY NEAR CARSON, WASHINGTON - FEB 26, 2024. Representative Gluesenkamp Perez (D, Wash.-3rd) (right) speaks with paramedic captain Colin Hozack as she accompanied Skamania County EMS & Rescue, a public emergency service provider, on an emergency call in Skamania County near Carson, Washington, on Mon., Feb. 26, 2024. Hozack, who is captain of the operation's medical division, spoke to Gluesenkamp Perez about medical supply procurement and issues affect response times in the 1600-square mile rural area they serve. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
STABLER, WASHINGTON - FEB 26, 2024. Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D, Wash.-3rd) (center with black jacket and black hat) tours the Wind River Administrative Site with stakeholders involved in the project in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in Stabler, Washington, on Mon., Feb. 26, 2024. The Wind River site was a former US Forest Service nursery used for replanting forests and was transferred to Skamania County with the Wind River Administrative Site Conveyance Act, a congressional act supported by Gluesenkamp Perez. The site includes more than 20 buildings, some of which have already been rebuilt to be rented out as a vacation homes. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON - FEB 26, 2024. Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D, Wash.-3rd) looks at student welding projects in the shop at Clark College in Vancouver, Washington, on Mon., Feb. 26, 2024. Gluesenkamp Perez owns and operates an automobile repair shop with her husband. When speaking with constituents today both at Clark College and elsewhere, Gluesenkamp Perez emphasized the importance of education in the trades. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON - FEB 26, 2024. The Interstate 5 bridge stretches over the Columbia River between Vancouver, Wash., and Portland, Oreg., seen here from Vancouver, Washington, on Mon., Feb. 26, 2024. Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D, Wash.-3rd) was part of the congressional delegation that secured approximately $600 million in federal funds as part of the estimated $6 billion cost to replace the drawbridge. During meetings with constituents the next day, Gluesenkamp Perez expressed astonishment that a single large yacht could completely stop traffic on the bridge and said that she hopes the replacement will be able to make opening of the draw bridge less frequent. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON - FEB 26, 2024. Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D, Wash.-3rd) (left) speaks with second-year welding student Ada Owens at Clark College in Vancouver, Washington, on Mon., Feb. 26, 2024. Gluesenkamp Perez owns and operates an automobile repair shop with her husband. When speaking with constituents today both at Clark College and elsewhere, Gluesenkamp Perez emphasized the importance of education in the trades. Owens said she enrolled at the school because, "I wanted a career where I felt I was able to make money." CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON - FEB 26, 2024. Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D, Wash.-3rd) looks at a welding cobot (robot that works with a welder) in the shop at Clark College in Vancouver, Washington, on Mon., Feb. 26, 2024. Gluesenkamp Perez owns and operates an automobile repair shop with her husband. When speaking with constituents today both at Clark College and elsewhere, Gluesenkamp Perez emphasized the importance of education in the trades. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON - FEB 26, 2024. A person welds in the shop at Clark College in Vancouver, Washington, on Mon., Feb. 26, 2024. Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D, Wash.-3rd) toured the shop to learn about how they are training students in the trades. Gluesenkamp Perez owns and operates an automobile repair shop with her husband. When speaking with constituents today both at Clark College and elsewhere, Gluesenkamp Perez emphasized the importance of education in the trades. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON - FEB 26, 2024. Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D, Wash.-3rd) (white and black flannel) looks at a student welding project at Clark College in Vancouver, Washington, on Mon., Feb. 26, 2024. Gluesenkamp Perez owns and operates an automobile repair shop with her husband. When speaking with constituents today both at Clark College and elsewhere, Gluesenkamp Perez emphasized the importance of education in the trades. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON - FEB 26, 2024. The Interstate 5 bridge stretches over the Columbia River between Vancouver, Wash., and Portland, Oreg., (in the distance) seen here from Vancouver, Washington, on Mon., Feb. 26, 2024. Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D, Wash.-3rd) was part of the congressional delegation that secured approximately $600 million in federal funds as part of the estimated $6 billion cost to replace the drawbridge. During meetings with constituents the next day, Gluesenkamp Perez expressed astonishment that a single large yacht could completely stop traffic on the bridge and said that she hopes the replacement will be able to make opening of the draw bridge less frequent. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON - FEB 26, 2024. Challenge coins from constituents' organizations including the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, the Vancouver Fire Department, and United Grain Corporation lay on a shelf in the district office of Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D, Wash.-3rd) in Vancouver, Washington, on Mon., Feb. 26, 2024. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
WASHOUGAL, WASHINGTON - FEB 26, 2024. A campaign sign for Representative Gluesenkamp Perez (D, Wash.-3rd) stands in the neighborhood before fundraiser at the home of Jim and Betty Cooper in Washougal, Washington, on Mon., Feb. 26, 2024. In her speech, Gluesenkamp Perez spoke about what it means to be democrat representing one of the reddest districts in the US and spoke about some of her accomplishments in congress including helping to secure $600 million for the replacement of the nearby Interstate 5 bridge connecting Vancouver, Wash., to Portland, Oreg. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
WASHOUGAL, WASHINGTON - FEB 26, 2024. Representative Gluesenkamp Perez (D, Wash.-3rd) greets people before speaking at a fundraiser at the home of Jim and Betty Cooper in Washougal, Washington, on Mon., Feb. 26, 2024. In her speech, Gluesenkamp Perez spoke about what it means to be democrat representing one of the reddest districts in the US and spoke about some of her accomplishments in congress including helping to secure $600 million for the replacement of the nearby Interstate 5 bridge connecting Vancouver, Wash., to Portland, Oreg. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON - FEB 26, 2024. Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D, Wash.-3rd) in her district office in Vancouver, Washington, on Mon., Feb. 26, 2024. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON - FEB 25, 2024. The Interstate 5 bridge stretches over the Columbia River between Vancouver, Wash., and Portland, Oreg., (distance), seen here from Vancouver, Washington, on Sun., Feb. 25, 2024. Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D, Wash.-3rd) was part of the congressional delegation that secured approximately $600 million in federal funds as part of the estimated $6 billion cost to replace the drawbridge. During meetings with constituents the next day, Gluesenkamp Perez expressed astonishment that a single large yacht could completely stop traffic on the bridge and said that she hopes the replacement will be able to make opening of the draw bridge less frequent. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
WASHOUGAL, WASHINGTON - FEB 26, 2024. An envelope labeled "Marie" lays in a donation box while Representative Gluesenkamp Perez (D, Wash.-3rd) (right) speaks at a fundraiser at the home of Jim and Betty Cooper in Washougal, Washington, on Mon., Feb. 26, 2024. In her speech, Gluesenkamp Perez spoke about what it means to be democrat representing one of the reddest districts in the US and spoke about some of her accomplishments in congress including helping to secure $600 million for the replacement of the nearby Interstate 5 bridge connecting Vancouver, Wash., to Portland, Oreg. CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times

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