Last week I went back to the white house. No, not THE White House, but the one in State College, PA.
About a year ago, Penn State suggested that all of their fans wear white to the Notre Dame football game. Usually it’s just the students that participate, but on that day, more than 100,000 people joined in.
I photographed the event for Sports Illustrated and it was published in the “Leading Off” section across two pages (see it here).
A week ago, I was back again to cover the Illinois – Penn State game. It turns out that they were having their second ever white house.
I didn’t want to make the same photo again. Besides, this was an 8 pm game so I wouldn’t have a sunset like last time.
Instead, I decided to shoot the team running on to the field from a different angle. I’ve shot it from the front before (even had a cover from it), but had never tried it from the back at this stadium.
It took me a while to work my way through the crowd so that I could get in position before the game. When I got there, I convinced two students to let me stand between them so that I could center myself right over the tunnel where the team enters the field.
The photo ran in “Leading Off” again so I guess you could say that I’m now the official white house photographer.
