I’m still churning through captions from my Middle East trip. I’ve finished 1,365 Lebanon captions, but am only about 1/5 through 2,138 Israel/Palestine photos for Mennonite Central Committee.

So it was nice to get a note from a Dreamstime client letting me know they used one of my shots from the May Day immigration march. Here’s a link to their article, titled, “Time for Immigration Reform is Now.” Amen!

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: