Meet Caitlin Covington, The Woman Known as “Christian Girl Autumn” Who Took Down White Supremacists at the White House
(Photo by Caitlin Covington via Facebook)
Earlier this summer, I stumbled upon a Facebook page called “Christian Girl Autumn,” as I was scrolling through the most recent photos of some of my favorite artists I follow on Instagram. I found an artist named Caitlin Covington, a New Jersey native with an incredible talent for creating images that take you inside the lives of her subjects without ever putting the reader on the spot.
I immediately saw why she was so beloved in the photography community.
“Sometimes you need a mirror to make you look at yourself objectively,” she says. “That’s the message I try to get across.”
Covington has a powerful message, but with a style that is incredibly charming. Her photos are a mix of candid, intimate moments of people reacting to life, as well as artistic representations of the human condition — the world’s messy messiness.
In October of 2019, Covington had taken up her role as a White House photographer just a year after the inauguration of Donald Trump as president of the country. Shortly before Trump was inaugurated, she received a tip from someone that he would be hosting an official photo shoot at the Roosevelt Room. She was thrilled to hear the news, and took a few hours to figure out where to go and how to get there.
(Photo by Caitlin Covington via Facebook)
When Covington reached the event, she saw that it was a photo shoot of the President, with all the top members of his administration and senior staff attending. This was a huge step in her life. Covington didn’t know the significance of the Roosevelt Room, but she just knew she had to be there.
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