(All shot in downtown D.C. on the day before the election and Election Day on Portra 400 and Kodak Gold 200 film, mostly on BLM Plaza)
A Biden supporter (left) and a Trump supporter (right) get into a heated debate about the two candidates outside the White House as a crowd grows around them to listen. Although intense, the encounter remains entirely peaceful.
A local news reporter enters the crowd to interview citizens on either side of the debate. BLM plaza is a frenzy of news reporters and citizens gathered to witness and document the energy of the scene.
The crowd thickens in front of the large chain link fence surrounding the White House.
A female protestor holds a sign reading “False Idol” with a picture of President Trump.
A woman walks by designer storefronts heavily boarded and fortified in anticipation of civil unrest after the election.
Surrounding the entire perimeter of the White House is a a non-scalable wall (pictured). Hoards of police officers and secret service officials guarded the area. Here, an African American police officer stands by his car against the background of BLM signs and decorations honoring George Floyd outside of the White House. The downtown had been heavily boarded up in anticipation of violence that never really materialized after damages caused by protests in June.
A mural of Ruth Bader Ginsberg, recently deceased, is painted on a boarding up shop.
A homeless man and a Trump protestor sit next to each other and chat outside the White House.