I recently had the pleasure to photograph Ben Carson and travel inside his security bubble for the day. I was personally moved by his story about growing up and not doing well in school until they realized his eyesight was poor, gave him reading glasses, at which point he became an avid reader and the rest is history.

Benjamin Solomon Carson Sr. (born September 18, 1951) is an American politician, author and former neurosurgeon serving as the 17th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development since 2017.

Photography by Michael Benabib