These photographs represent much of what I do on a daily basis as a photographer for a local weekly
newspaper.
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A protester covers his head in a
traditional scarf at a pro-
Palestinian march in
Washington, D.C., in April
2002.
Protesters at a pro-Palestinian
march in Washington D.C. in
April 2002.
Fire and rescue officers stand
next to the body of a man who
drowned in the Potomac River.
Donna Gaughan, widow of
Prince George's County Police
Department Cpl. Steven
Gaughan who was shot and
killed in the line of duty, hugs
her daughter as her son his
held by his grandmother.
Friends of Jason Winfrey, a
teacher at Bowie High School
who was found shot to death in
his car in Greenbelt, comfort
each other at Winfrey's burial.
Firefighter John Jenkins of
Tower 31 in Beltsville unfurls a
giant flag over the entrance to
the parking lot of Martins
Crossroads in Greenbelt, Md.,
before the Public Safety Valor
Awards ceremony to honor the
county's police, fire and EMS
employees
County Sheriff Department
Cpl. Yakeisha Hines won an
award from the National
Sheriff's Assocation for her
work with teens including
Patricia Thurston, 19, of
Brentwood, and Ricardo Biddy,
17, of Largo, in the
department's Explorer Cadet
program.
Scottish country dance
instructor Jay Andrews (right)
calls out the steps to several
couples performing a
traditional dance during their
weekly practice at the
Greenbelt Community Center.
Hundreds of students, their
families and friends and
fashion industry types applaud
the runway fashions on display
at the annual Marymount
fashion show
Staff member Angela Reyes
pours tea for Lorraine Gatto, a
member of the Berrestained
Bears Bowie Chapter of the
Red Hat Club, as the group
enjoys tea at Darnall's Chance
historic house.
Ten-year-old Dante Flood, of
Lanham, enjoys a cool cascade
of water at the Glenn Dale
Splash Park on August 5, 2005,
when temperatures were in
the upper nineties and the
humidity made it feel like it
was about 101 degrees.
Ten-year-old Marissa Rhodes
(right) skates on one foot past
her friend Jasmine Beavers, 9,
both of Colllege Park at the
Herbert Wells Ice Rink in
College Park on Saturday.
Laquida Jackson of Hyattsville
lets a downpour of water cool
her down at the Glenn Dale
Splash Park on Friday when
temperatures reached the
upper nineties and the
humidity made it feel about
101 degrees.
Rebekah Olivia Holbrook, 4,
makes bubbles at the opening
celebration of a new
community center at the
Forest Creek Apartments. The
complex was one of 22
complexes in the county
identified by the county
executive as having the highest
number of 911 calls.
(Facing camera from left to
right) Sean Cooke, 9, of
Bowie, Cayley Bliss, 8, of
Glenn Dale, Grace Licsko, 7,
of Crofton, and Meaghan
Thomas, 8, of Glenn Dale,
practice the steps to an Irish
dance with instructor Dierdre
Fitzgerald (foreground) during
class at the Knights of
Columbus hall in Bowie.
Young members of the Alt
Washingtonia or "Original
Washingtonians," the country's
oldest Bavarian dance group,
takes a break with a portable
video game player during
Oktoberfest at Hard Bargain
farm.
Three-year-old Logan King, of
Davidsonville, slides into the
pool at Belair Swim and
Racquet in Bowie.
Shirley Towe (center), of
Temple Hills, takes her turn
singing in front of the Praise
and Worship Team from the
Emmanuel Covenant Church
during a musical tribute to
Martin Luther King Jr at the
Hyattsville Municipal Building.
Jennifer Grumman, of Florida,
helps her little sister Callista
Sexton, 6, of Temple Hills,
after her scarf got stuck on the
ice at the Tucker Road Ice
Rink in Fort Washington.
Eric Amo gives his son Elijah,
7, a push during their
afternoon sledding near Prince
George's Equestrian Center.
Rosie the dog listens intently
as Lindsey Pinales, 7, of
Bowie, finishes a story book
during the monthly "Read to
Rover" at the public library in
Bowie on Saturday.
email: chris@chrisandersonphoto.com | phone: 202-640-1753
All images copyright Christopher Anderson, 2007