Today we looked through the mountain of papers and magazines, on line blogs and postings, in relation to the project. Sunday Times exclusive, Grazia Magazine, British Journal of Photography, El Pais, Lensculture, Artinfo, BBC Radio 4 Front Row…. it goes on. Interesting to know if its about the photos themselves or simpy their association to Obama, who still seems like the visionary the world was waiting for. Time will tell. The guestbooks in the museum, both the real one and the blog, are a mixture of political and photographic curiosity, so its so fascinating that the show works on both levels simultaneously. Which is what we hoped for. I’ll be in the gallery tomorrow after 1pm, so if you want a guided tour… see you there. Oh and for those of you who want to see Obama in cartoon style, go see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8004024.stm Yankee Doodles…..

Nadav was on BBC Radio 4’s Front Row program this evening talking about the Obama’s People show. You can listen again for the next 7 days and he appears 18 minutes in.

Today the long awaited article in the Sunday Times magazine, with a six page spread of Nadav’s portraits and some up to date background information on the key players in the administration. And more importantly, a footnote advertising the show at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, on the second page of the article. I was in the show early this morning to make sure that the blog was working. All the people in the portraits were peaceful, awaiting the Sunday museum visitors. We have finished the ‘Obama’s Administration Office’, where the audience can respond to the show via the blog, or write in the guestbook on the desks, which are in the style of stateroom furniture, and white of course. So the whole gallery now mimics the White House theme and with its own small ‘corridor of power’, where visitors are finding a suprise awaiting them, which everyone just loves.

I spent the day in the country after visiting the Museum, and had a drink by the River Severn. I’m in a reflective mood following the intensity of the installation and the opening yesterday. Like the portraits this morning, I feel very peaceful, fulfilled and wondering what will be the next adventure in the story of the Obama’s People Exhibition.