On Assignment: Asia in the Blink of an Eye – Lens

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photos By STEPHEN CROWLEY

President Obama, whose motorcade has been as long as 71 vehicles, is always at least 30 cars ahead of the four-person photo pool trailing him as he tours Asia. I really wanted a whimsical picture of the president as he walked past the “No Smoking” sign in the Forbidden City, but his Chinese police escorts blocked the shot as his entourage swept by.

Link: On Assignment: Asia in the Blink of an Eye – Lens Blog – NYTimes.com