Why Photographers Need More Access In The White House

What drove 38 media entities to deliver a letter on Nov. 20 to Press Secretary Jay Carney to protest limits on access to the goings-on at the White House?

Photographers and directors of photography I interviewed, who as a group have photographed the past five presidents, say this administration is more restrictive than any previous in allowing media access, both as a pool and one-on-one with the president.

“They say no to everything,” New York Times photographer Stephen Crowley says of his requests to photograph the president behind the scenes.