After months of waiting and failed attempts at contacting the right people, I finally got to sit down with Mayor Dave Cieslewicz’s campaign manager, Jamie Gutkowski, to discuss photographing his re-election campaign.
I haven’t decided whether or not to post photo updates as I shoot the campaign or to just publish it all at once as a nice packaged piece, but either way I’ll update on my progress in some way or another. (I took this shot a took a few weeks ago, presuming that I would get the “okay” to begin shooting the documentary.) 
I probably sound really lame considering I’m extraordinarily excited about photographing volunteers in call centers, following the Mayor on door-to-door adventures and lurking behind-the-scenes in his office, but that’s okay. I’ve never been a part of a campaign and I always find campaign documentaries to be very telling of an individual. (This photo essay being my inspiration.)
Primary election night is in February so check back here for updates!
Lukas Keapproth 