All images Leica M10 and 35mm Summilux FLE
Since Trump’s inauguration, we’ve taken to the streets, camera in hand, to capture the energy he’s unleashed. The crowds have been determined — to fight back, to remove him, to save the nation and the planet — but it’s been pretty joyful, all in all, from the Women’s March through the Climate March and the smaller ones like last week’s March for Truth. Even those spontaneous demonstrations following the Muslim Ban were filled with fellowship, if not precisely happiness — people smiled for the camera, they were glad to be counted.
The 2017 Capital Pride Parade today was as if the blight of Trump had not settled upon the land. It’s always a fun event, but today’s felt like we caught a glimpse of what life will be when this pestilential administration has gone back where it came from. What a delight it is to live in a city with such a large and dynamic LGBTQ community, and their thousands of friends, gay and straight, who come out each year to show their true colors.