Melissa Golden

PORTFOLIO

Girl with red lips - Athens, Ga.
   
Smithsonian Botanical Illustrator Alice Tangerini - Washington, DC - For the AARP Bulletin
   
Contortionist Amy Harlib - Brooklyn, NY - For Winkel & Balktick Events.
     
  
Matt Cornelison, stage name Romeo Dance Cheetah, of Chicago, Ill., stands backstage before competing in the 2009 US Air Guitar Championships in Washington, on Friday, Aug. 7, 2009.
   
Barn Cat - Monticello, NY
  
Sister Osheiza Ann Otonoku - Inverness, FL - For the St. Petersburg Times.
     
  
Olivia Thomas, 100 - Bogart, Ga.
   
Rape survivor Helena Lazaro - Commerce, CA - For Marie Claire
   
     
  
After a major lightning storm on June 21, 2008, over two thousand separate fires ignited across California, ravaging nearly 900,000 acres. In Butte County, over 50,000 acres burned, 50 structures were destroyed and close to 10,000 people were evacuated as the fires crept closer.
   
  
Smile of a Child Adventure Garden
     
  
   
A child points out the Ten Commandments to her family.
   
     
  
   
  
     
  
Sammy Gilmore - Chantilly, VA
  
Fashion designer Tala Raassi - Tyson's Corner, VA - For Marie Claire.
   
Marching for a mixed bag of causes, protesters took to the streets of Denver on the first day of the Democratic National Convention. Police presence is strong as the city tries to maintain order. About 100 protesters were arrested after clashing with police.
     
  
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attends an energy security briefing at the State Department in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 16, 2009.
   
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton eats lunch with reporter and President Emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations Les Gelb at the State Department in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 16, 2009.
  
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and special assistant Huma Abedin, left, ride an elevator between floors as they make their way to an energy security briefing at the State Department in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 16, 2009.
     
  
Inauguration attendees make their way down the National Mall before sunrise on Tuesday. Barack Obama became the 44th President of the United States of America on Tuesday, Jan. 20. Between one and two million people came to D.C. to witness the inauguration first-hand.
   
Qualin Thompson, 4, of Gastonia, NC, waits for the inauguration to begin early Tuesday morning on the National Mall.
   
Congressman Charles Rangel - Washington, D.C. - For TIME Magazine.
     
  
Congressman Charles Rangel - Washington, D.C. - For TIME Magazine.
   
  
     
  
   
Figure eight schoolbus racing - Florida
   
John McCain waves to the crowd after walking on stage on the final night of the Republican National Convention.
     
  
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin speaks on the third day of the Republican National Convention in St. Paul on Wednesday, September 3, 2008. The night was full of appearances by Republican luminaries Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, and Rudy Giuliani before keynote speaker and Vice Presidential nominee Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin spoke to an enthusiastic crowd.
   
  
     
  
Quest All Star Cheerleader Francesca Prestia - Pine Bush, NY
   
Congressman Ron Paul - Washington, DC - For TIME Magazine
   
John Edwards - Myrtle Beach, SC
     
  
Steven Van Zandt of the E Street Band - New York, NY - For the Observer
   
CNN Correspondent Wolf Blitzer - Bethesda, MD - For Every Day With Rachael Ray
   
New cars in the port of Long Beach, CA
     
  
Surfers and Pelicans - Ventura County Line
   
Tropical Storm Fay - Melbourne, Fla.
   
Green Hostel - Bangkok
     
  
Border crossing traffic - Tijuana, Mexico
   
Fireworks - St. Petersburg, Fla.