Legendary Photographer on getting that perfect election night picture

NPR | By Brianna Scott,

Scott Detrow, Courtney Dorning

Published November 3, 2026 at 5:33 PM EST

On election night, photographers will be in position, ready to snap history-making moments. It's something Pulitzer-prize-winner photographer David Hume Kennerly, has done for decades.

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