Diana i started freelancing in the 1970s and i went to work for a small washington magazine. Charlie peters, the editor, said to me, we dont have much money spend on photography. I thought, oh dear. He said we can only pay you 25 for every picture we use, but the good news is if you work for us on a freelance basis i can get you your credentials to shoot on the hill and at the white house. I said youve got a deal. This will be great. I began to freelance around washington and the business of washington is politics. I started photographing for the monthly and i would photograph a lot of things on set for them. At the same time, that built up my portfolio. I went to see time and a lot of places. They would either give me work or they wouldnt. I went to see time and they started giving me work. One of the assets i had in my hand was my credential to go to the white house. Time often, photographers who worked for them, might not be there when all of a sudden they relate get a call from a w
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