Three decades through a lens

At the Statehouse, Tom Darden hasn?t seen it all ? but he?s taken pictures of much of it in his three decades as an official photographer for five Maryland governors, presidents, a pope, CEOs, bigwigs, champions and common folk.

“I came in with the best and I?m going out with the best,” said Darden, 62, referring to Govs. Marvin Mandel and Robert Ehrlich. As he retires this month, Darden sat down with The Examiner to share some of the opinions about Maryland?s chief executives that he?s kept hidden behind his lens.