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corivax always getting all the attention for posting pictures, so here are some from my DC trip. Be warned that they suck. My digital camera was $30 and has a little hole for a viewfinder. And while I rather enjoyed developing film, I'm not much of a photographer. I take pictures to document my life, not to create art.
Lots of these were chosen for irony, of course. You can't expect me to go to DC, during the outbreak of a war I disagree with, and not revel in any and all irony I find.
Your basic shot of the White House. This is the south side, with the Washington Monument behind me. Notice the layers of security barriers. While I took this there was a man in a nice suit standing next to me, painting a water-color version of the same shot, using a nifty little pocket-sized, folding water color set.
This is the line of press on the other side of the White House. It was the first thing I saw as I approached, which seemed appropriate. This was taken about 8 hours before Bush made the ultimatum.
The Washington Monument as seen from the Lincoln Memorial. The reflecting pond was mostly drained, but there is still some reflecting puddle action going on.
The exterior of the World Bank building. The arrow-loop looking window amused me. There is a large awning over the main enterance which is supported by cables. For archectural effect, the two cable go up five or six stories before attaching to the building. From a distance they looked kind of fuzzy. As I got closer I could see that they were wrapped in razor-wire, presumably to prevent protesters and other riff-raff from climbing them. I wanted to take a picture but decided that taking pictures of security measures in DC in front of two security guards was dumb.
The view from the Lee House, looking toward DC proper. Included for obscure historical reference.
The base of one of the huge statues outside the National Archives building. Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. A favorite quote of mine. You can see the construction debris in the background, evidence of the renovation that prevented me from seeing my two favorite historical documents.
This is a deprecated side-door into the Justice building. The place of justice is a hallowed place. Given the decayed aspect, the barbed wire and our current Attorney General, I couldn't pass this up.
corivax always getting all the attention for posting pictures, so here are some from my DC trip. Be warned that they suck. My digital camera was $30 and has a little hole for a viewfinder. And while I rather enjoyed developing film, I'm not much of a photographer. I take pictures to document my life, not to create art. Lots of these were chosen for irony, of course. You can't expect me to go to DC, during the outbreak of a war I disagree with, and not revel in any and all irony I find.
Your basic shot of the White House. This is the south side, with the Washington Monument behind me. Notice the layers of security barriers. While I took this there was a man in a nice suit standing next to me, painting a water-color version of the same shot, using a nifty little pocket-sized, folding water color set.
This is the line of press on the other side of the White House. It was the first thing I saw as I approached, which seemed appropriate. This was taken about 8 hours before Bush made the ultimatum.
The Washington Monument as seen from the Lincoln Memorial. The reflecting pond was mostly drained, but there is still some reflecting puddle action going on.
The exterior of the World Bank building. The arrow-loop looking window amused me. There is a large awning over the main enterance which is supported by cables. For archectural effect, the two cable go up five or six stories before attaching to the building. From a distance they looked kind of fuzzy. As I got closer I could see that they were wrapped in razor-wire, presumably to prevent protesters and other riff-raff from climbing them. I wanted to take a picture but decided that taking pictures of security measures in DC in front of two security guards was dumb.
The view from the Lee House, looking toward DC proper. Included for obscure historical reference.
The base of one of the huge statues outside the National Archives building. Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. A favorite quote of mine. You can see the construction debris in the background, evidence of the renovation that prevented me from seeing my two favorite historical documents.
This is a deprecated side-door into the Justice building. The place of justice is a hallowed place. Given the decayed aspect, the barbed wire and our current Attorney General, I couldn't pass this up.
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What does the rest of the "eternal vigilance" statue look like? And which two historical documents?
It's odd how much your pictures and descriptions make DC seem like a very different place than the one I visited not too long ago. More than a little creepy... I don't remember the security measures being quite so blatfant...
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And the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, of course. It's possible they aren't my absolute favorites -- I don't really have a 'favorite historical document' catagory in my head that I can easily sort. (Though I should!) But they're certainly right up there.
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