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  • 2020 Chinese New Year's Parade
    2020 Chinese New Year's Parade
    8 images
  • DACA Rally
    DACA Rally
    9 images
    Rally in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, outside the Supreme Court in Washington, DC
  • Paterson, New Jersey
    Paterson, New Jersey
    42 images
  • DC Lobby Day in Freedom Plaza, Washington, DC
    DC Lobby Day in Freedom Plaza,...
    6 images
  • Festival of Speed and Style, Old Town Alexandria 2019
    Festival of Speed and Style, Old...
    10 images
  • Funk Parade - 2019
    Funk Parade - 2019
    15 images
  • 2019 Catharsis on the Mall
    2019 Catharsis on the Mall
    8 images
  • Revolutionary War Reenactment
    Revolutionary War Reenactment
    45 images
    General George Washington’s estate at Mount Vernon is the site of Revolutionary War Reenactment. Hundreds of Continentals, Redcoats, and Hessians set up camps, conduct military drills and reenact 18th century battles. Mount Vernon, Virginia.
  • Italy - 2018
    Italy - 2018
    3 galleries
  • 2019 Kite Festival
    2019 Kite Festival
    18 images
    Thousands of kites take to the sky during the annual Blossom Kite Festival. The spectacle takes place on the National Mall at the Washington Monument.
  • Glenstone, November 2018
    Glenstone, November 2018
    28 images
    Glenstone is a private art museum conceived by billionaire Mitchell Rales and his wife, Emily Rales, an experienced art professional and is located outside Washington DC. Glenstone houses an impressive contemporary art collection within beautiful modern architecture and sits on 230 acres of peaceful landscape.
  • Forest of Nisene Marks State Park
    Forest of Nisene Marks State Park
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    The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park is part of the forest in the Santa Cruz Mountains. It is located outside Aptos, California. The park was named for Nisene Marks, a passionate nature lover and the mother of a Salinas farming family.
  • EA Hawse Medical Clinic -Mathias, West Virginia
    EA Hawse Medical Clinic -Mathias,...
    20 images
    Physician Assistant, Arthur Cerami provides heath care to a small rural community in Mathias, West Virginia.
  • R. Lee Ermey
    R. Lee Ermey
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    Hanging out with R. Lee Ermey on his ranch in California, 2002. American actor and voice actor, R. Lee Ermey, achieved fame when he played Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in the 1987 film Full Metal Jacket, which earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Ermey was also a United States Marine Corps staff sergeant and an honorary gunnery sergeant.
  • The Nine Songwriter Series
    The Nine Songwriter Series
    9 images
    Founded in 2008 by singer/songwriter Justin Trawick, "The 9 Songwriter Series" is a touring songwriter collective and live show based in Washington, DC.
  • LAKE STATION, Ind
    LAKE STATION, Ind
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    LAKE STATION, Ind. — This hard-luck town just south of Chicago is weighing a decision confronting many small and midsize cities with shrinking populations and chronic budget deficits: whether to sell the public water system to a for-profit corporation. From the Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/towns-sell-their-public-water-systems--and-come-to-regret-it/2017/07/07/6ec5b8d6-4bc6-11e7-bc1b-fddbd8359dee_story.html?utm_term=.4ca1cfbba128
  • Tango on Freedom Plaza
    Tango on Freedom Plaza
    27 images
    Couples dance the Tango on Freedom Plaza in Washington, DC TANGO ON FREEDOM PLAZA Sundays from 7 to 10 through September. Freedom Plaza, Pennsylvania Avenue NW at 14th Street.
  • 2017 May Day Rally
    2017 May Day Rally
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    Thousands of demonstrators gather for a May Day rally in Washington, DC, USA 01 May 2017. Labor Day or May Day is observed all over the world on the first day of the May to celebrate the economic and social achievements of workers and fight for laborers rights.
  • March for Science 2017
    March for Science 2017
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    Crowds massed in the US capital and around the world to support science and to show opposition to President Donald J. Trump's threats of budget cuts to agencies funding scientists' work. At the March for Science, demonstrators gathered on The National Mall to support science and to send a message to policymakers who are ignoring fact and research in areas such as climate change.
  • Elephants in Ringling Brothers  Circus
    Elephants in Ringling Brothers Circus
    10 images
  • Yayoi Kusama Exhibit at the Hirshhorn
    Yayoi Kusama Exhibit at the Hirshhorn
    23 images
    ayoi Kusama Exhibit at the Hirshhorn Yayoi Kusama is a Japanese artist and writer.
  • Women's March 2017
    Women's March 2017
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    The Women’s March and its Sister Marches is a worldwide protest on 21 January, 2017, in support of women’s rights and other causes including immigration reform, health care, evenvironmental issues, LGBTQ rights, racial justice and worker rights. The protests were timed to follow the inauguration of Donald J. Trump as president of the United States. It is the largest one-day protest in US History. The march drew more than 500,000 in Washington, DC.
  • 2016 Dia de Los Muertos
    2016 Dia de Los Muertos
    5 images
    Day of the Dead celebration in the Kogod Courtyard at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC
  • 2016 St Patrick Day's Parade
    2016 St Patrick Day's Parade
    18 images
  • Surf Scene in Santa Cruz, CA 2016
    Surf Scene in Santa Cruz, CA 2016
    5 images
  • City of Alexandria's 267th Birthday Celebration
    City of Alexandria's 267th Birthday...
    8 images
    City of Alexandria's 267th Birthday Celebration at Oronoco Bay Park in Alexandria, Virginia
  • Smithsonian Folk Life Festival 2016
    Smithsonian Folk Life Festival 2016
    6 images
  • Drag Queen Brunch at Nellie's Sports Bar
    Drag Queen Brunch at Nellie's...
    13 images
  • Easter Celebration, Los Angeles, 2011
    Easter Celebration, Los Angeles, 2011
    12 images
  • Sopa y Mariachi
    Sopa y Mariachi
    3 images
    Oye I lived in the Los Angeles area for about ten years. On the rare cold day when the thermometer would dip to the low 60s it was nice to roll out of bed throw on some shorts and head out to a nearby taqueria (usually only a 45 min drive via SoCal freeways). There I would often find some workers before they headed off to their jobs. Sadly I never developed a fondness for the taste of menudo. But that didn’t stop me from ordering it and then adding plenty of salsa muy picante which is a good way to sweat a cold from the inside out. It was another treat to hear a mariachi belting out some traditional ranchero music. #LA #SoCal #mariachi #photojournalism #leica #film
  • Stand with Women Raped in Conflict Rally at the White House 2014
    Stand with Women Raped in Conflict...
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    WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE), joined by 21 U.S. and international organizations, holds a rally at the White House to stand with women and girls raped in conflict at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, December 9. The rally is part of the Break Barriers campaign, launched last December. Break Barriers calls on President Obama to take executive action on correct implementation of the Helms Amendment and allow U.S. funding for abortion services overseas for women raped in conflict, and globally, in cases of rape, incest and life endangerment. The rally is the culmination of events that took place over the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence and will take place on the eve of International Human Rights Day. The Helms Amendment, a decades-old provision, forbids the U.S. to "pay for the performance of abortion as a method of family planning," but does not prohibit U.S. foreign assistance in cases of rape, incest or life endangerment. Despite the distinction, lack of clarity around the implementation of Helms has served as a barrier to safe abortion services for women and girls, including those raped in conflict. U.S. voters support executive action to ensure funding for safe abortion in cases of rape, incest, and life endangerment. A January 2014 poll found that 57% of U.S. voters favor such action. Since the Syrian conflict began, the most extensive form of violence women and girls there face is sexual violence, including rape. At the U.N. in September, President Obama acknowledged that "mothers, sisters, and daughters have been subjected to rape as a weapon of war." This call to action has been supported by former USAID Administrator Brian Atwood, more than 30 US faith-based leaders, and a diverse coalition of NGOs.
  • Chesapeake Bay Pollution Expedition
    Chesapeake Bay Pollution Expedition
    20 images
    Not much research has been done on plastic pollution in the Chesapeake Bay. Executive director of Trash Free Maryland, Julie Lawson, organized a 4 day expedition of Chesapeake Bay. Lawson brought together plastic pollution experts, educators, policy advocates, environmentalists and journalists to collect water and sediment samples and study the Chesapeake Bay waterway. 5 Gyres Institute, renowned for research voyages across the oceans, was on board to help discover what’s out there. For four days, the crew sailed Chesapeake Bay on the Obtuse, captained by Chris Charbonneau, dragging a manta trawl taking samples. Those samples were sent to Florida Atlantic University for analysis. “I predicted that we wouldn’t find much. I was wrong.” said Jeff Corbin EPA senior advisor on the Chesapeake Bay and Anacostia river. A significant amount of microbeads were in the samples. Microbeads are polyethylene microspheres that are widely used in cosmetics, skin care and personal care industries and has become a substantial environmental concern.
  • Marine War Vet Josh Himan
    Marine War Vet Josh Himan
    13 images
    While serving in Afghanistan as a machine gun operatorin the marines in September 2009 the humvee Marine Corporal Joshua Himan was traveling in was hit by an explosive device. The 27 year old Himan was paralyzed from the waist down. Before deploying to a war zone, like many soldiers Himan would have preferred to die on the battlefield than come home disabled. After spending18 months in rehabilitation at Walter Reed Medical Center Himan says he's happy to be alive.
  • Adele Jacques - Chanteuse
    Adele Jacques - Chanteuse
    14 images
    French Chanteuse Adele Jacques sings favorite French classics as part of her Paris Loves LA show in Pasadena, California.
  • Artist James Griffith
    Artist James Griffith
    11 images
    Artist James Griffith in his studio in Altadena, California. I spent a few hours in James's studio, watching him, photographing him,and talking. At the time of this portrait James was coming to the end of a series of landscape paintings. I have to say normally I am not enthralled by landscape paintings or photography for that matter. It's not that I don't appreciate the beauty of the works but I almost always feel as if I'm not getting any message from the artist. Yes, it's beautiful but isn't the landscape itself the real work of art? Maybe my philistine tastes will eventually evolve enough for me to appreciate these types of work. But James had made all of these paintings as if looking through a sheet of plastic. I was mesmerized and you can see some of the works at this archive (http://jamesgriffithpainting.com/archive/) on his website. What caused him to make these paintings? He told me that he was out hiking in the forest and was into this hike for a couple of hours when he suddenly and literally came upon a wall of plastic sheeting. Now I know many people and I would include myself who would have a more typical reaction. James figured that the plastic had been put there for some reason but now was, perhaps no longer need. Instead of dismissing this, he takes what he sees to make a painting with layers of meaning. James says it best in his artist statement about this series, "it was at once stunningly beautiful and appalling…. I knew I was looking at a form that could express the problems i wanted to explore in paint". For James it would not be the simple and obvious good (nature) vs evil (man) but he would produce several works of depth. As I was wrapping up my visit and portrait session… and I love this, James was already excited about what would become his next series. He showed me what looked like dirty brown goop and it had a strong smell of petrol. It was tar. He showed me a couple of "paintings" that he had painted with the tar. But he wasn't satisfied with how the tar worked as paint. But he was excited about figuring how how to use it and all the meanings that would layered into the paintings. He collects this tar from pit #91 from the well known La Brea tar pits in Los Angeles just 20 miles from his home. He eventually figured out how to use the tar and started painting birds and other animals using this primordial goo which of course, came from plants and animals millions of years ago adds obvious meaning. But James goes further and uses pollen, volcanic glass, copper sulfate and even human ashes to add layers and layers in almost an archeological study of meaning. http://jamesgriffithpainting.com
  • In the Recording Studio with Michael Roberts
    In the Recording Studio with...
    10 images
  • Cathy Nguyen - Popper and Hip-hop dancer
    Cathy Nguyen - Popper and Hip-hop...
    8 images
  • Kani Xiong, Tattoo Artist
    Kani Xiong, Tattoo Artist
    5 images
    Kani Xiong is a tattoo artist in Appleton, Wisconsin
  • Tony Gywnn
    Tony Gywnn
    3 images
    I had the privilege of spending an afternoon with one of MLB greatest hitters, Hall-of-Famer Tony Gywnn and his family at their Poway, California home. Gywnn was a meticulous craftsman and student of the game. He spent endless hours of extra batting practice perfecting his swing. At home, he pioneered the use of video in examining his at-bat performance. He spent his entire career with the San Diego Padres and is affectionally known as Mr Padre by fans in San Diego.
  • PA Jen Vaupel provides medical care for the needy at Bread for the City
    PA Jen Vaupel provides medical care...
    18 images
    Bread for the City and Jen Vaupel are bringing quality healthcare to thousands of needy in the District of Columbia. Along with medical care, Bread for the City also provides vulnerable D.C. residents with comprehensive food, clothing, legal and social services in an atmosphere of dignity and respect. Clients pay nothing.
  • 2014 Kingman Island Bluegrass Festival
    2014 Kingman Island Bluegrass Festival
    46 images
  • Awesome Con Comic Book Characters
    Awesome Con Comic Book Characters
    13 images
  • 2013-07-14 Trayvon Martin Vigil
    2013-07-14 Trayvon Martin Vigil
    4 images
  • 2013 Kingman Island Bluegrass Festival
    2013 Kingman Island Bluegrass Festival
    23 images
  • Trapeze School New York  - dc - 2012
    Trapeze School New York - dc - 2012
    16 images
  • Ruby Whitfield Vigil
    Ruby Whitfield Vigil
    7 images
    A vigil is held for Ruby Whitfield at new Samaritan Baptist Church in Washington DC. Whitfield was struck and killed by a driver of a speeding SUV. The driver of the SUV Joel Bromwell was later arrested and charged with driving under the influence.
  • 2013 St Paddy's Day parade
    2013 St Paddy's Day parade
    25 images
  • Chinese New Year in Washington DC 2013
    Chinese New Year in Washington DC 2013
    10 images
  • Long Road Home
    Long Road Home
    14 images
    Casey Miller took a bike trip across the country a few years ago and it transformed him. It dawned on him that a trip like the one the took might be the perfect solution for some war veterans who might need a transformative experience to help them return to civilian life. So pretty much on his own he started The Long Road Home Project. I won't go into all the details here but it's definitely worth reading about at the official website: http://longroadhomeproject.com/ He and five veterans completed the first 4200 mile trek across the nation. Here are a few photos from one day of that long road home which ended here in Washington, DC.
  • Occupy 2012
    Occupy 2012
    15 images
  • Mitt Romney's "Every Town Counts" Bus Tour
    Mitt Romney's "Every Town Counts"...
    21 images
  • Iraq Veteran Undergoes Rehab
    Iraq Veteran Undergoes Rehab
    5 images
    Army Captain Patrick Horan undergoes physical therapy at Casa Colina Centers for Rehabilitation in Pomona, California. Horan suffered multiple injuries including a traumatic brain injury while serving in Iraq in 2007.
  • Below the Poverty Line
    Below the Poverty Line
    23 images

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