Photographer Sarahbeth Maney’s viral Tweet on Twitter. She then posted to Twitter herself, and that’s when it exploded virally. SB originally shared the photo on her Instagram, where it became popular and soon, it was being copied and posted to Twitter without her byline. (Sarahbeth Maney/The New York Times) The Photo Explodes on Social Media (Sarahbeth Maney/The New York Times) Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, speaks during the third day of confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson becomes emotional while listening to Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) speak during the third day of confirmation hearings at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. She had gotten great shots and felt good about her work.

SB then left the location to edit the pictures as she had been shooting for nearly five hours that day. I was sort of like talking to myself, ‘come on, come on, come on.’ I was just kind of like, ‘Yeah, I GOT it’.”

“I actually waited about like 30 seconds until she made that expression again and I was worried that she wasn’t going to. “I just sort of paused, and I thought, wow, what would it be like to see my mother sitting in that seat…and that’s when I picked up the camera, hoping that she would make that same expression again.

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