Last May, photographer Jonathan Harris spent 9 days living with a family of Inupiat Eskimos in Barrow, Alaska, joining them as they prepared and then went on a traditional whale hunt. During that time, he took 3,214 photographs at five-minute intervals (even while sleeping, using a chronometer), mimicking a "photographic heartbeat", with the pace increasing during intense moments. The site that he put together, The Whale Hunt, initially displays all of the images in a large mosaic, but once you've entered the site, viewing possibilities seem endless. Images can be filtered by cadence, color, context, concepts, and cast, viewed by day, hour or minute, or just simply watched as a slideshow the entire way through.

Even though the election is over a year away, coverage has begun. A group of six freelance photographers has spent the last five months in Iowa covering the 2008 Presidential Campaign, and will remain there through the caucus in January. These photographers are providing an indepth look at all of the campaigns coming through this important election state, from the candidate visits to the local preparations. New photos are posted daily to their site, The Stumping Grounds.