#68 | David Butow | The Republican Convention

David Butow returns to talk about photographing the Republican National Convention and his book Brink. This is my second podcast with David. If you would like to learn all about David, his background and his amazing career, then please listen to Episode 10. Today's podcast is all about David's recent photographic assignment covering the Republican National Convention. David Butow is a Photographer who has spent decades traveling the world on assignment for some of the world's most influential magazines. We met in China over 15 years ago and it was great to catch up and discuss his new book "Brink" looking at the events leading up to Donald Trump becoming the President of the United States, and also the breach of the Capitol Building on January 6th 2021. As always, you can listen to this podcast wherever you get your podcasts. To learn more about David: https://www.davidbutow.com Chapters 0:00 Welcome back David Butow 2:35 January 6th and this convention 5:09 Watching from a distance 7:40 What a party convention is for 10:16 Kid Rock and Hulk Hogan 12:48 Afternoon sessions on the floor 15:25 How quickly the race changed 18:00 On script or off script 20:34 A brush with death on the world's biggest stage 23:07 How the delegates dressed 25:42 Passes and security 28:17 Following the money 30:53 Early views of the first campaign 33:28 How different the political map once was 35:58 What a photographer looks for 38:36 The national anthem and the Pledge of Allegiance 41:07 Getting pictures to the editors 43:38 What was different this time 46:11 Inside the Milwaukee Bucks' arena 48:45 Surrounded by the other team's fans 51:17 The arc of a presidency 53:54 How supporters see it 56:30 The assassination attempt and the image that followed 59:05 Defence spending and Ukraine 1:01:38 1992 and a new generation 1:04:14 Issues that cut close to the bone 1:06:50 Standard and experimental photojournalism 1:09:25 Capturing what it feels like to be there 1:12:03 How many delegates 1:14:36 A reflection of the times 1:17:08 The next convention in three weeks 1:19:39 Covering an election on a low budget 1:22:12 Criticism over Israel policy 1:24:46 Getting downtown 1:27:20 Calm and dignity 1:29:50 The one remaining superpower 1:32:29 Civil servants and political appointees 1:35:04 Switzerland and quiet politics 1:37:42 The common voter 1:40:13 Tired of politics 1:42:44 Access to candidates on election night 1:45:14 Teaching together in person 1:47:48 Strategies for quick observation The Ryan Pyle Podcast is ad-free by choice. If you enjoy these conversations, you can buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/ryanpyle Ryan's TV series are streaming around the world. Follow the Podcast X: https://x.com/RyanPylePodcast Facebook: https://facebook.com/ryanpylepodcast Follow Ryan Pyle YouTube: https://youtube.com/@ryanjpyle Instagram: https://instagram.com/ryanpyle X: https://x.com/RyanPyle Facebook: https://facebook.com/ryanpyle https://www.ryanpyle.com