John Boal Photography

Corey Stewart speaking to attendees and political power players at the Page County GOP Jamboree on June 25, 2016. Recently I had the opportunity to work with Jonathan Hunley on a political story.  He and I go back several years to our days at a community paper in Woodbridge/Manassas (The Potomac News/The News & Messenger, '08-'12).  This was our first time in 4 years to get the band back together, so to speak. In March, Jon and I were munching Tex-Mex at Bar-J in Occoquan when he talked about wanting to do a political profile story on Corey Stewart.  Stewart was gearing up for his run for Governor of VA and had a schedule of appearances throughout VA.  He also happens to be the Virginia State Chairman, Donald Trump for President. After a few weeks and several emails pitching the story to various publications,  Northern Virginia Magazine  said "yes".  Pick up the issue, if you have a chance.  Jon did a great job putting it tog...

I was honored and excited to get the call to photograph a portrait of Dr. Charbel Moussa (Georgetown University) for an article in the relatively new medical news journal, STAT . Some of you may already know that I used to have a career in Neuroscience Research before starting my photography path in '06.  It was nice to dip my toe back into that world, and after we did our pictures I had a nice 15 minute conversation about what he was working on and how he got there.  It's a fascinating story and definitely worth a read. https://www.statnews.com/2016/08/30/parkinsons-study-fox-foundation-feud/ This article is so illustrative of the obstacles presented to trying to cure major diseases.  It isn't all about the science.  Politics and money (doesn't it always?) play a role in the race for the cure.