Yana Paskova - Photojournalist

U.S. Presidential Campaign Trail 2007-2009: Beginnings - the voters

Monette McLin, 39, a Chicago actress, (center,) cries while watching the inauguration of Barack Obama as President of the United States in the theater of the DuSable Museum of African-American History in Chicago, Illinois, on his Inauguration Day, Tuesday, January 20, 2009.  McLin said of Obama, "That is a very inspirational man. And I need that," as a self-described "struggling" actress.
Monette McLin, 39, a Chicago actress, (center,) cries while watching the inauguration of Barack Obama as President of the United States in the theater of the DuSable Museum of African-American History in Chicago, Illinois, on his Inauguration Day, Tuesday, January 20, 2009. McLin said of Obama, "That is a very inspirational man. And I need that," as a self-described "struggling" actress.