I’m having to radically revise my archive/gallery schema now that I’m living in Jerusalem for the next three years. I used to just organize photos by trip or event: Jordan, Syria, Norway, Immigration Rally, Peace Protest, etc. But now that I’ll be in one place for a while, taking my camera almost everywhere,  it doesn’t make sense to make one big gallery for Palestine/Israel, or to have many tiny galleries for the “events” of every other day. So while I figure that out, here are some recent street shots I’ve taken as I get warmed up….

Jaffa Street, West Jerusalem

Separation barrier, Bethlehem, West Bank.

Ka’ak vendor, Old City of Jerusalem

Bus stop, East Jerusalem

Olive branches and separation barrier, Bethlehem, West Bank.

Since returning from my sabbatical in the Middle East in June, I’ve been following events in Iran with great interest. The elections took place there about a week before the end of my trip, and though I didn’t have any direct connection to Iran while in the region–other than conversations with a friend who had recently visited Tehran and relayed the anti-Ahmadinejad sentiment that he heard on the streets there–I’ve mostly just been moved in inspired by the courage of ordinary citizens to take on such a repressive regime. So I’ve tried to do my part by showing up to local events here in DC, and blogging about it for Sojourners.

Here’s a link to the gallery, which I plan to update with more photos soon.

Last Friday I took part in the DC manifestation of nationwide marches for immigrant rights. I tried to focus less on “protest” photos and more on capturing iconic shots of families—basically trying to have a more postitive focus and less of an angry or negative one. Here are a few of my favorites. Click here to see the full gallery.

I also have to say that this march had some of the best protest art I’ve ever seen. I love the America tree with world roots banner (above)—though it took me a while to notice that the roots were in the shape of world continents. Another highlight: super-cool neo-propaganda posters by Shepard Fairey (with help from Rage Against the Machine’s Zack de la Rocha). Read more about how that came about at the Obey site. Here’s a sample: