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It's a little bright, but I loved that there was a traveling cupcake truck, and I thought that it was necessary to document the women who chose Chinese from the AZN truck over cupcakes. 

These two had a speaker set up playing all sorts of music. The violinist was extremely talented, and looked at me right as I took the picture, which was in the middle of one of his songs. The lady playing the bell tree was definitely not the highlight of their show, but it was still really impressive. 

It's from really far away, but I didn't crop it because I liked how the picture the geometrics of the metro; how it's all lines and angles and how it all leads down to the trains. It draws the eye to the bottom of the escalator, where Katrina was walking and where there's a break in pattern and color. 

I had to include two pictures of this guy because he was just so funny. He was boppin' along down the street with his little boom box, blasting some goofy music. 

I like this picture because it appears to be almost defying of the laws of physics. The cars are parked, and the bicyclist appears to be parked as well, but that's impossible. 

I took this picture because my best friend's parents have a red mini cooper, and for years before we got our licenses, they would cart us around in the mini. It made me feel nostalgic so I had to have a picture. 

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The metro is the perfect place for taking pictures that show motion. There's always so much going on and so much movement, it's just so easy to capture. 

These people were running up the escalator. I like that you can only see that they're there because of the colors they're wearing. 

I love the lights in this picture. They seem to be moving with the walls of the station. It looks so fun!

Waiting for the metro to stop. I like how the red lights on the platform and the sign are reflected on the train. 

I was being an uber-creeper when I took these. I set my camera, then put it on my lap and stealthily snapped pictures while people were getting on the train. 

This one is probably my favorite because there's so much movement contrasting with the stationary people and objects on the train. 

This picture is fun because you can hardly see the people boarding the train. The hand in the center of the picture is a little creepy, but I think it makes the photo really unique. 

This picture is a little bit of a stretch, but I loved the sign with the bar in the background, and since you could see the the motion of the man walking towards me, I could resist including it. Probably my favorite thing is the coloring of the poster and the bar. It looks so bright and happy. It can definitely stand as a good argument for why every bookstore should have a bar (and a restaurant) like Kramerbooks does. 

headless photos

I took this of one of my best friends, Katrina, in a book shop in Eastern Market called Capitol City Books. The shop is an old townhouse that is stacked so full of books that it's almost impossible to move without knocking something over. We found this little nook, so Katrina picked up a book, and I snapped a picture.

Outside of Capitol City Books, this man was playing his guitar to help raise money for Street Sense (the homeless newspaper). The lighting was a little weird, but I thought it was such a great picture!

I took this of a guy talking on the phone behind the metro map. It was actually really funny because everyone down in the metro could hear him talking, but no one could see where he was. Then everyone noticed this pair of legs, but no torso or head.

Katrina took this one of me in Kramerbooks in Dupont Circle, where we went for lunch. I'm a French major and am spending this spring in Paris, so we thought this would be the perfect book for me.

3 favorite photos

I love this picture because of the juxtaposition between the power an chaos behind the surfer, and the calm before him. It's eerie and almost as though the picture were taken in another world.

I think this is a really powerful picture. If I remember correctly, the story behind it had something to do with the family being refugees. I love that not only can you see emotion in the little girl's face, you can see it in the dog as well. I also love the idea that this picture represents, that animals really are a part of the family.

I like that in this picture, you see his eyes before you see anything else. Once you have taken in the picture a little bit, you get the sense that this is most likely the Vietnam War, which adds even more power to the photo. I like the tone of the photo; how in his eyes you see a lot of the heaviness of war and you can tell that the soldier has seen a lot, but is still optimistic.