Dan Loh

"Monica had come to Philadelphia because her lawyer was attending an event here -- he wanted to show off his famous client," says Dan Loh '95, photographer for the Associated Press and winner of a 1999 Pulitzer Prize for his photograph of Monica Lewinsky. "When the Monica story broke, I was sent down to the D.C. bureau to cover her, since the regular photographers there were already on permanent assignments. I staked her out everywhere. I knew exactly what to look for. I knew her patterns, her maneuvers. So when she showed up suddenly in Philadelphia later on, I was ready for her."

Loh came to RIT, he says, because he knew it had the best program in photojournalism and he was focused on that kind of career. As a student at RIT, he interned at the Democrat and Chronicle twice, then did a 13-week internship for the Associated Press bureau in Kansas City, Missouri. Impressed with Loh's talents, AP hired him as a permanent employee. He worked for them in Boston and Jackson, Mississippi, before moving to Philadelphia.

Loh says: "When you're covering someone like Monica, there's lots of waiting around. Your eyes are constantly open; your heart beats a little faster. It's waiting for key moments, anticipating them, and then, surprise! then, attack! and it's all over in 35 to 45 seconds."

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