David Burnett - 44 Days: A Revolution Revisited

David Burnett - 44 Days: A Revolution Revisited (Digital Journalist, September 2009). "...There are times when by an accident of fate you end up at the location where you quickly realize that it's an important event unraveling in front of you. In fact, it's almost as if you become committed to the story; you can't leave now, even if you wanted to. You're locked in, and with your camera you're about to embark on a journey that has no fixed finish line. I may not have been sure that the Shah would actually leave the country after those first few days of protests, but whatever the outcome, it felt like it was a story that would be making headlines for years to come. When you are that close to an event, in some ways you're the last one to be able to put it into context, see the bigger picture. So I settled into my room at the Intercon, and proceeded to try my best to record the unraveling of a regime under massive popular pressure."