McPherson Square : 12-04-11

Last Sunday, December 4, I went downtown to McPherson Square to photograph the Occupy DC movement.  While I was down there, there was a stand off between police and demonstrators from the movement. This event was covered heavily in the news so I will not go in depth regarding it. The demonstrators from the movement had built a make shift shelter the night before. This shelter was built without a permit and was therefore declared illegal by the city. Police ordered the demonstrators to leave the structure and gave them a time frame to do so. By the end of the day, the demonstrators, where arrested by police. Some chose to jump off of the structure onto a big air cushion that was put into place by police. Others remained on the structure and were taken off by police using a cherry picker. As this was happening, a member from the movement in the crowd was reading the constitution.  I left before the structure was torn down by police.

 

  

Fall Sunrise on Pennsylvania Avenue

 A few weeks ago, I got up early and headed downtown. Just as I arrived in Freedom Plaza the sun had just started to rise on the Capitol building. I took a few shots as the sun began to rise on Pennsylvania Avenue. As it was a weekday morning, such photos show people heading to work, some with a morning beverage in their hand. These photos shows the various buses that run along Pennsylvania Avenue. Moreover, one can see one of the many commuter buses that bring people to work into DC each from places usually far outside of DC and beyond the reach of the metro. One can of course see the tents of the Occupy DC movement located on Freedom Plaza. All photos were shot with my 55-200mm VR kit zoom.