Hope, Change and Struggle: An Artist's View of the 2008 Presidential Campaign

The Artist at Work
"This was the first time a U.S. presidential campaign had an artist in residence. They allowed me to go backstage and sometimes on the stage and I found myself sitting next to a mayor one time. But I often liked to be in the crowd, to watch the people or to look at Obama from their vantage point."

• TIME's Person of the Year 2008
• Barack Obama on Flickr