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How This Photojournalist Captured Barack Obama's Favorite Election 2008 Photo
On election night 2008, photojournalist Matt Mendelsohn went to the Lincoln Memorial and took a picture of the people gathered there. It became Barack Obama's favorite photo from the inauguration.
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