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Waiting to be Fed

The production of Bush era politics on the Washington circuit.  Photographs from the White House, The U.S. Senate, and the 2006 Elections focussing on the strange symbiosis between the media, politicos, the behind-the-scenes theatrics of it all.


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The Political Conventions

Matt Slaby (b. 1979) is a photographer based in Denver, Colorado. Before turning his attention to photography, he traveled the western United States as a wildland firefighter with the U.S. Forest Service Hotshots also working winters as an EMT with a metropolitan ambulance service. Slaby interned at U.S. News & World Report covering the 2006 congressional elections and the Washington, D.C. politcal circuit, including the White House and U.S. Capitol. He has a background in writing and literature and holds a J.D. from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. Slaby brings his diverse background to the field of photography and journalism and is particularly passionate about making social justice issues accessible to the greater public. His current photographic efforts are divided between the Rocky Mountain West and Latin America. A selection of his clients includes U.S. News & World Report, TIME, Newsweek, Newsweek Poland, The Wall Street Journal, NEON Magazine, SPIN, Outdoor Life, XXL, Ebay Magazine, Mother Jones, The Latina Initiative, The Bureau of Land Management, Audubon Magazine, The Chronicle of the Horse, National Public Radio, Discovery Communications, and Human Rights Campaign.