Erin Schaff
@erinschaff
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Staff Photographer for The New York Times. More active on instagram @erinschaff
Joined June 2009
Inside the Capitol this morning where Speaker Pelosi usually walks to her office.
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Members of @SpeakerPelosi’s staff, who were barricaded in a conference room terrified for their lives during the January 6 attack on the capitol, watch video from that day during the Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill on February 10.
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.@RepRaskin tears up while talking with fellow impeachment managers and staff after the Senate voted to acquit former President Donald Trump at his second Senate impeachment trial, on capitol hill in Washington on February 13.
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Conservative women, who support Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court, pray while touching the doors of the Court as Jacquelyn Booth cries on the ground, mourning the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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.@IlhanMN shows her new Congressional Black Caucus jacket to @AOC outside the Capitol in Washington, DC on January 4, 2018. Photo for @nytimes #nytassignment
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.@BarackObama joins @JoeBiden at a drive-in campaign rally in Flint, MI in October 31. Their first joint in-person appearance this is election cycle.
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House impeachment managers walk to deliver the article of impeachment against former President Donald Trump to the Senate on Capitol Hill.
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.@POTUS walks past a member of the Swiss Guard on his way to an audience with Pope Francis in Vatican City.
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Shattered glass remains on the entrance doors to the House Chamber, where Capitol Police faced off with their guns out to keep rioters from breaching the House floor where House members waited to be evacuated during last week's riot in Washington on January 12.
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Former President Donald Trump looks at himself in a mirror, held by an aide, before walking out to speak at CPAC in Orlando on Sunday.
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Thank you to everyone who’s reached out, if I haven’t written you back - I am ok and taking time off social media with my family.
the Capitol Hill press corps is something else, but particularly grateful for @npfandos @erinschaff @lukebroadwater and @AnnaMoneymaker today
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The Senate is back in the Capitol, now with armed federal guards.
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson and Chief Justice John Roberts walk outside the Supreme Court for pictures after her investiture ceremony at the Supreme Court @nytimes
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.@SpeakerPelosi, the face of House Democrats for two decades and the first woman to serve in the post, is applauded by her staff after she announced that she would leave leadership in January but remain in congress.
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Honduran President Xiomara Castro and @VP walk through the presidential palace in Tegucigalpa, Honduras on January 27.
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Vice President Kamala Harris eats Doritos and thanks senior staff for their work that day in Philadelphia aboard Air Force Two on October 27
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Davide Martello plays piano for refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine at the Medyka border crossing in Poland. David said “my goal is to tell everybody you’re safe now, they’ve heard bombs and all sorts of weapons and I want them to hear music.”
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Vice President Kamala Harris delivers the closing remarks of her final campaign rally in Philadelphia, PA on November 4, 2024.
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.@JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris fist bump onstage after winning the election in Wilmington, DE on November 7.
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House impeachment managers stand in silence at the close of a short prayer before the start of the second day of the Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump in Washington on February 10.
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“I think we’re climate refugees” Korina said as she looked at the destruction of her home with her son Eric after it burned in the Marshall Fire in Superior, CO on New Year’s Eve. Their family had lived in the same home for almost 25 years. @nytimes
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Abigail Spanberger's daughter Catherine, age 4, crawled in-between her mother's legs and looked up at her mom during @SpanbergerVA07's victory speech after winning Virginia's 7th District congressional seat as a Democrat, in Richmond, VA on November 6. Photo for @nytimes
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One month after January 6th, here are some moments from the day that stuck with me, most of the photos were stolen, but a few iphone videos I took that day. 2:16pm - Ohio Clock Corridor outside the floor of the Senate, one minute after the Chamber had been sealed.
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.@VP descends from Air Force Two after a day trip to Cincinnati at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on April 30.
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Third Sunday in a row Vice President Kamala Harris has attended and spoken at Sunday services in a swing state. Today at Church of Christian Compassion in Philly.
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Vice President Kamala Harris hugs a child as she walks into the Church of Christian Compassion for service in Philadelphia, PA on October 27, 2024.
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Congregants pray over Vice President Kamala Harris at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Stonecrest, GA on October 20, 2024.
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.@VP arrives to attend the inauguration ceremony of Honduran President-elect Xiomara Castro in Tegucigalpa, Honduras on January 27.
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.@ConnieSchultz looks on as her husband @SenSherrodBrown does an interview during a break in the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on Friday night on Capitol Hill. @nytimes
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I spent four days with Catherine Perrilloux and her two months old son Junior in his ICU room as Junior was fighting for his life on a ventilator with Covid-19. Story with @noahweiland from New Orlean’s Children’s Hospital
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National Guard patrol outside the Capitol before President Biden's joint address to Congress on April 28.
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.@VP walks to board Air Force Two at Joint Base Andrews for her first international trip as Vice President where she will visit Guatemala and Mexico on June 6.
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The setup for Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Senate confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill.
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A woman raises her fists as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lies in repose at the top of the steps of the Supreme Court.
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Some personal news. excited to be joining @nytimes as a staff photographer in DC!.
.@erinschaff joins the @nytimes as a staff photographer in Washington
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2:38pm - immediately after the East Front doors were breached. "Hey how do we get to where they're all at?"
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2:51pm - "this may be the start of a civil war revolution," a man remarked to me, shortly after one of my cameras was stolen and I had hid my remaining broken camera on Speaker Pelosi's balcony.
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.@VP and @SpeakerPelosi clap as members of the congressional escort committee walk into the House Chamber for President Joe Biden’s joint address to Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 28.
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.@SpeakerPelosi walks to a podium to announce that the House will begin drafting articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington on December 5. @nytimes
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House impeachment manager @StaceyPlaskett walks to the Senate floor to answer questions from Senators on the fourth day of the Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington on February 12.
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Vice President Kamala Harris arrives in Las Vegas for a campaign rally on September 29, 2024.
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"This tablet records the fact that the following troops were quartered in the United States capitol in response to president Lincoln’s call for volunteers April 15, 1861." More information from the senate here: .
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Vice President Kamala Harris's closing campaign rally in Philadelphia, PA on November 4, 2024.
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Me: "Where do we go from here as a country?".Him: "Well this was our moment and our time. The French Revolution started like this."
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Behind the scenes photos from inside the private moments of impeachment edited by @MarisaRSchwartz
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.@SpeakerPelosi claps as @LeaderHoyer is re-elected as House Majority Leader during the House leadership elections, which are taking place virtually as a safety precaution on Capitol Hill in Washington on November 18.
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Vice President Kamala Harris campaigns in Atlanta, GA on October 19, 2024.
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.@VP and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador walk into the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico on June 8
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First Lady Jill Biden, an English and writing professor, grades student papers during a flight to Washington last week after visits to Wisconsin and Iowa. She is the first presidential spouse to keep her career while in the White House.
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Supporters of @realDonaldTrump (mostly from North Dakota) pray for Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) after questioning why he won’t object to electoral college results from some states on Capitol Hill in Washington on January 5.
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Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court, and Vice President Mike Pence walk up the steps of the Capitol for a first day of meetings with Senators in Washington.
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Sending all my love to the Capitol Hill community and anyone who finds this to be a challenging day. Be kind to yourselves and your feelings, whatever they might be.
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Thankfully Junior got off the vent last Friday, but he remains in the hospital on high-flow oxygen. Catherine, who has now been living out of her son's hospital room for two weeks, has taken to playing Etta James for him “It soothes him,” she said, “and he goes to sleep.”
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.@VP and @SecondGentleman say goodbye before heading to separate events after their first ride on Air Force Two in Las Vegas, NV.
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.@VP and Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei wave for a photo at the Palacio Nacional de la Cultura in Guatemala City, Guatemala on June 7.
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Vice President Kamala Harris takes the stage to accept the Democratic nomination for president on the final night of three Democratic National Convention in Chicago
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These stories can only be told with full support from families and I am so grateful to Catherine and her family for letting me into their lives during a terrible time. They shared their experience because they want folks to know what they and other families are going through.
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.@realDonaldTrump speaks at a campaign rally in Duluth, MN on Wednesday, September 30, 2020.
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Storm clouds roll in as @potus walks from Marine One to Air Force One in Pittsburgh, PA on Labor Day.
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Vice President Kamala Harris walks out to speak at rally in Madison, WI on October 30.
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Oxana Nikitas, a refugee from Kyiv, cries while holding her daughter Nika, age 3, after crossing the border into Poland at the Medyka border crossing on March 7. @nytimes
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.@SpeakerPelosi walks to her office, with statue of Abraham Lincoln behind her, after news broke that the House plans to begin a formal impeachment inquiry of President Trump on Capitol Hill on September 24. @nytimes
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Photographed this event for @nytimes - At a Toast to Trump, the North Korean Anthem Has a Starring Role
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Nancy Pelosi listens to President Joe Biden speak on the first night of the Democratic National Convention
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Happy 75th anniversary to Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, “I love her more now than I did to begin with — which is saying a lot, because I loved her a lot," Jimmy Carter, talking about his wife Rosalynn with @rar last month.
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.@realDonaldTrump arrives to speak at a rally in Green Bay, WI on April 27, 2019. @nytimes #nytassignment
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Congresswoman Liz Cheney holds onto the leadership chair, photos from this morning’s ceremony for the late Officer Sicknick.
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Snow coats a neighborhood that burned to the ground in the Marshall Fire in Louisville, CO. @nytimes
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For context - Justice Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing in 2018
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Workers clean plexiglass barriers that will separate @VP and @KamalaHarris at tomorrow night's debate in Salt Lake City.
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A rare @dougmillsnyt selfie ❤️.
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Photo from backstage at CPAC in @charlie_savage's story today. Former President Donald Trump applies hairspray before walking out to speak at CPAC in Orlando, FL on February 28, 2021.
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Refugees fleeing Ukraine wait for what comes next late through a cold night at the very busy train station in Przemysl, Poland on March 6.
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@PoliticalBeagle @TrueFactsStated He drove from Germany and brought it in a trailer attached to his car.
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Scenes from @JoeBiden’s drive-in rally at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds in St. Paul on October 30.
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@FurphyHaruspex @EnloeAA @WOODTV This is correct. They were told this was were they were supposed to sleep.
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Scenes from Vice President Kamala Harris’s one day trip to Honduras for Xiomara Castro’s inauguration as the first female president of Honduras and first bilateral meeting in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
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8 days at gitmo with @carolrosenberg - with media now locked out of the detention zone, we explored life beyond the prison at the outpost of 6,000 residents - a cross between a gated community in small-town America and a police state. Unlocked link:
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.@SpeakerPelosi rips up her copy of @realDonaldTrump’s speech at the conclusion of the State of the Union on Capitol Hill in Washington. @nytimes
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Scenes from CPAC on Friday in Orlando, as @kimguilfoyle put it “the party of President Donald Trump”
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Quiet moments of defiance during a long day of protests outside the Capitol and Supreme Court as Judge Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed and later sworn in as the new Supreme Court Justice. Photos for @nytimes #nytassignment
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Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former lawyer, leaves the Capitol after a long closed-door meeting with the House Intelligence Committee in Washington on March, 6, 2019. Photo for @nytimes
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