Photography
National Press Club events
Alan Kotok chairs National Press Club's Photography Team and is an event photographer at NPC since 2018. Here are his recent NPC event photos.
![José Andrés speaking at National Press Club](https://photos.smugmug.com/National-Press-Club-events/Jos%C3%83%C2%A9-Andr%C3%83%C2%A9s/i-qRnLK3L/0/CtTfdjFjWXzD8CVtkr9pnTLzdtDbfSN563rmZLtgz/XL/JoseAndres_01Mar2024_02-XL.jpg)
Chef and humanitarian José Andrés, spoke at National Press Club, 1 Mar. 2024. Exclusive set of José Andrés photos on sale from the Alamy stock photo agency.
![Sean Penn at the National Press Club, 20 Mar. 2024](https://photos.smugmug.com/National-Press-Club-events/Film-screening-Anna/i-jxSqGgz/0/D5JqnmmdwBHVRsdhvHVdr48kbwDXGDnGf35fwxSjX/M/AnnaScreening_NPC_20Mar2024_01-M.jpg)
Noted actor, director, and executive producer of the film "Anna" about the slain Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, introduces the film at a National Press Club screening, 20 Mar. 2024.
![Sec. of Energy Jennifer Granholm speaking at National Press Club](https://photos.smugmug.com/National-Press-Club-events/Secretary-of-Energy-Jennifer-Granholm/i-jH2CHxQ/0/CjK2MbqBL8k8K8HhqNnMBFQPg8WmCSZtcRCXRMqNk/XL/Granholm_NPC_21Feb2024_04-XL.jpg)
American manufacturing revival central to administration's energy strategy, Energy Secretary Granholm says. The Wire, 22 Feb. 2024.
![Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff](https://photos.smugmug.com/National-Press-Club-events/Council-on-Sports-Fitness-and-Nutrition/i-txZHwqt/0/D6v6Qg5DbQkGFJrvf9tfdZVrWw9n9QF7d8GWvbWbT/M/FitnessCouncil_NPC_28May2024_09-M.jpg)
Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff gives opening remarks at a news conference on teen mental health and fitness. 28 May 2024.
Wire story by Alan Kotok. 30 May 2024
![Spelling bee winner: Amy Wang, Washington Post](https://photos.smugmug.com/National-Press-Club-events/Spelling-Bee-2023/i-86gNnjK/0/Dkd8rCmFrVGP4pK576zDFmPXF5zQNJ7bTCssRCCDj/L/SpellingBee_20Sept2023_18-L.jpg)
Washington Post reporter Amy Wang wins 2023 National Press Club spelling bee. Photo appeared in Roll Call, 21 Sept. 2023.
![Group of people holding signs with #IStandWithEvan](https://photos.smugmug.com/National-Press-Club-events/Evan-Gershkowitz-press-briefing/i-bFP2fVb/0/DmsSSXqgDDWFb72gjpFQN9fpDD3z3dPp8gHwwqgPk/L/EvanGershk_NPC_13July2023_13-L.jpg)
#IStandWithEvan ... Support for Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter arrested and taken hostage in Russia in March 2023. (13 July 2023)
![Pakistani ambassador protest](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-4pbXz5K/0/S/i-4pbXz5K-S.jpg)
Protestor confronts Pakistani ambassador, 9 Sept. 2022
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Washington, D.C. and vicinity
![Pileated woodpecker by a log](https://photos.smugmug.com/DC-and-region/AK-photos-2024/i-PndLF2q/0/SCn9VfdxwMNSrwTRZvTsDsxVJbzH5hHhBgTB3Wrz/M/Backyard_06May2024_03-M.jpg)
Pileated woodpecker. Behind N. 41st Street in Arlington, Va. 6 May 2024
![Vivek Murthy in uniform](https://photos.smugmug.com/DC-and-region/Vivek-Murthy/i-rqWV9Sw/0/FkQcSktZbzwbNCmC6pj6SNgWg422r4ZJhKcvBKfN/M/AxiosYouthMental_16May2024_05-M.jpg)
Vivek Murthy. Surgeon General of the United States, discussing youth mental health at an Axios forum in Washington, D.C., 16 May 2024.
![Rep. Patrick McHenry](https://photos.smugmug.com/DC-and-region/Punchbowl-News-Digital-Payments-Economy/i-S6q7cTH/0/rt45RTXNKSjXMkwBSCDdv7kDBH35jN4bJHbRz8sM/M/PunchbowlSummit_19Mar2024_04-M.jpg)
Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.), chair of the House Financial Services Committee, at a Punchbowl News forum. 19 Mar. 2024.
![Cherry blossoms on a small tree](https://photos.smugmug.com/DC-and-region/Cherry-blossoms-2024/i-ThCvRPs/0/CQCh47hC279r9F2z2DJTJfXW7vKZ945Cf3Bc6H652/S/Blossoms_TidalBasin_20Mar2024_04-S.jpg)
Stumpy, a crowd favorite among cherry blossoms viewers on the Tidal Basin. 20 Mar. 2024
![Turtle close-up, side view](https://photos.smugmug.com/DC-and-region/Meadowlark-Garden-Mar-2024/i-prHb5Kg/0/DpSM49qsm5xW8w9sRd5Vrgt2mHtCfGsdnLz5Rggnd/S/Meadowlark_16Mar2024_12-S.jpg)
Red-ear slider turtle in Meadowlark Botanical Gardens. Vienna, Va. 16 Mar. 2024
![Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-TX. 7 Mar. 2024](https://photos.smugmug.com/DC-and-region/Axios-News-Shapers-7-Mar-2024/i-m9TMvFB/0/7jnBr3prw55ttRP9TGh4W7XJhHS7cD89F8f6fqnN/S/JCrockett_Axios_07Mar2024_00-S.jpg)
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) at Axios News Shapers event. 7 Mar. 2024
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Vacations and travel
![Alhambra, Court of the Myrtles](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel-photos/Spain-2023/i-DrWG3hK/0/1d3d01fd/S/Alhambra_29Oct2023_06-S.jpg)
Alhambra in Granada, Spain. 29 Oct. 2023
![Flamenco dancer, singer, guitarist](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel-photos/Flamenco-troupe/i-LqmZJ5c/0/8cdd5714/S/FlamencoSevilleBW_03Nov2023_02-S.jpg)
Flamenco troupe. Seville, Spain. 3 Nov. 2023
![Cooking paella](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel-photos/Paella-cooking-class/i-SWrg5WQ/0/d753ec2c/S/PaellaSeville_03Nov2023_11-S.jpg)
Paella cooking class. Seville, Spain. 3 Nov. 2023
![Child surfing with father watching](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel-photos/Cape-May-2024/i-8scrpJZ/0/89LbJt46L6sh6GHh7W9BBrHDMgtqWQwGVD4sh6ND/M/CapeMayNJ_04June2024_01-M.jpg)
Surfing lesson, Cape May, N.J. 4 June 2024
![Foster tern in flight, ready to dive](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel-photos/Cape-May-2024/i-QvFmcXL/0/CC6pt4NvrC23JfN2rfnxS8XrQKxtTv8bSWggZTfSZ/M/CapeMayNJ_04June2024_07-M.jpg)
Foster tern, a hunting bird, drops quickly from a high altitude into the water. Cape May, N.J. 4 June 2024.
![Osprey flying with a fish in its claws](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel-photos/Cape-May-2024/i-R6KHxGq/0/C3LHLTDhWbTkdZJ4Cg3mzrr87ZXh3MrP6KNN2MMqZ/M/CapeMayNJ_06June2024_02E-M.jpg)
Osprey, with catch of the day. Cape May, N.J. 6 June 2024
![Old Capitol in morning sun](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel-photos/Iowa-April-2024/i-3GBw2W2/0/CBJfbbpbLXnL3FjBPsgJNNd4XMZ2GSXmXMqssjh37/M/IowaCity_12Apr2024_01-M.jpg)
Old Capitol in the morning sun. Iowa City, Iowa. 12 Apr. 2024
![Charity Nebbe, chairs dramatic reading event](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel-photos/Iowa-April-2024/i-4qhP49n/0/SncJngV5qxWsFrqM5rCCRcKZJs5pkSww49JJHwgQ/M/IowaCity_13Apr2024_02-M.jpg)
Charity Nebbe of Iowa Public Radio was M.C. of dramatic news readings, by Investigate Midwest in Iowa City, Iowa. 12 Apr. 2024
![Jet aircraft arrives at gate](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel-photos/Iowa-April-2024/i-bxc5gXT/0/DcL3fM9x3qtQVsCVzv3fMNQVb625Tq7NX4xsfKZNS/M/CIDGate3_14Apr2024_1-M.jpg)
Gate 3, Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 14 Apr. 2024
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Notable photo credits
"Gibberish in Washington keeps them guessing (and spelling)". Roll Call, 21 Sept. 2023
"W&M co-hosts NATO Youth Summit". W&M Alumni Magazine, 16 June 2023
"Fartlek: The word that won journalists a spelling bee against politicians." The Washington Post, 15 Sept. 2022
![Ralph Wilson Stadium panorama](https://live.staticflickr.com/3926/15239404191_b4e308b707_b.jpg)
Highmark Stadium. Orchard Park, New York (panorama photo). Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons