Capitol

[james.liam]

“Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.”
- WB Yeats, “The Second Coming”, 1921

 

[raydm6]

Among the many reports on the mob attack on the Capitol building, here are three news sites that have published galleries of pictures in addition to individual pictures throughout the main bodies of their publications. I am sure there are other publications which have done the same. As an ex newsie, I’m aware of the difficulty and danger of taking these pictures. If you see any other sites where you think the photographers deserve a round of applause, add them to the list.

https://time.com/5927132/donald-trump-mob-capitol-chaos/

https://www.motherjones.com/politic...itol-congress-insurrection-electoral-college/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/grap...scene-capitol-dc/?itid=hp-top-table-main-0106

There are several in this gallery that are good:
https://www.dailyitem.com/news/loca...ion_4dcc739a-50ae-11eb-bd07-0fcc79dad70f.html


Collection of front page coverage photos:
https://news.yahoo.com/how-newspape...ly-violent-riots-at-us-capitol-153353376.html

 

[charjohncarter]

There are several in this gallery that are good:
https://www.dailyitem.com/news/loca...ion_4dcc739a-50ae-11eb-bd07-0fcc79dad70f.html


Collection of front page coverage photos:
https://news.yahoo.com/how-newspape...ly-violent-riots-at-us-capitol-153353376.html

I liked the one of the politicians scurrying for cover like a mischief of small frightened rodents.

 

[Ambro51]

I’m scared. A WAR is Coming. It’s coming to Your and My town. .....be prepared. Currently Loaded..... Winchester 1894 .30-30, Winchester 1400 12 gauge, S&W .357 Magnum (110 gr. HP) and last but not least, Parker 10 gauge (buckshot). Also, we got a Dog. A Mean Ugly Big Dog.

 

[KoNickon]

I’m scared. A WAR is Coming. It’s coming to Your and My town. .....be prepared. Currently Loaded..... Winchester 1894 30-30, Winchester 1400 12 gauge, S&W .357 Magnum and last but not least, Parker 10 gauge.

Stop it. That's exactly the mentality we don't need.

 

[KoNickon]

I liked the one of the politicians scurrying for cover like a mischief of small frightened rodents.

Hmm -- you would have acted differently?

 

[charjohncarter]

Living near Oakland you learn to be brave (but don't take a camera there). Besides the only shots fired were by the police.

 

[Phil_F_NM]

I’m scared. A WAR is Coming. It’s coming to Your and My town. .....be prepared. Currently Loaded..... Winchester 1894 .30-30, Winchester 1400 12 gauge, S&W .357 Magnum (110 gr. HP) and last but not least, Parker 10 gauge (buckshot). Also, we got a Dog. A Mean Ugly Big Dog.

This is what a nonstop media onslaught, fearmongering, and echo chambers get us.
I live in the most violent city in the US, as of this last year, yet outside it is a nice day. Overcast, chilly, but quiet with daily life going on in a normal, peaceful manner.
Please don't continue on the line of spreading fear, because all it does is further isolate and decrease meaningful dialog; the exact opposite of what we need now more than ever but have needed for decades.

Phil Forrest

 

[froyd]

Great set of images, thanks for posting. Just like war reportage they make it abundantly clear that it takes an incredible set of skills other than just a good eye to capture such volatile scenes.

 

[CameraQuest]

I’m scared. A WAR is Coming. It’s coming to Your and My town. .....be prepared. Currently Loaded..... Winchester 1894 .30-30, Winchester 1400 12 gauge, S&W .357 Magnum (110 gr. HP) and last but not least, Parker 10 gauge (buckshot). Also, we got a Dog. A Mean Ugly Big Dog.

Nonsense. Total Nonsense.

 

[hap]

Nonsense. Total Nonsense.

Evidently, you have never lived in the "real" Hawaii. Many Big mean ugly dogs are necessary as are weapons.

Besides, whether we know it are not, we in perpetual war...somewhere.

 

[Rick Waldroup]

I’m scared. A WAR is Coming. It’s coming to Your and My town. .....be prepared. Currently Loaded..... Winchester 1894 .30-30, Winchester 1400 12 gauge, S&W .357 Magnum (110 gr. HP) and last but not least, Parker 10 gauge (buckshot). Also, we got a Dog. A Mean Ugly Big Dog.

Okay, Rambo. Geez get a life, dude.

 

[hap]

Further besides.. Newtons 3rd Law, for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Eventually.

 

[hap]

This is what a nonstop media onslaught, fearmongering, and echo chambers get us.
I live in the most violent city in the US, as of this last year, yet outside it is a nice day. Overcast, chilly, but quiet with daily life going on in a normal, peaceful manner.
Please don't continue on the line of spreading fear, because all it does is further isolate and decrease meaningful dialog; the exact opposite of what we need now more than ever but have needed for decades.

Phil Forrest

Huzzah! HERE HERE!

 

[hap]

I liked the one of the politicians scurrying for cover like a mischief of small frightened rodents.

I like the imagery of "scurrying" and "rats". IT works.

 

[Deleted member 65559]

Huzzah! HERE HERE!

So you approve.... that's nice.
BTW it's "Hear! Hear!

 

[Photog9000]

Doomsday Is Approaching!

Doomsday Is Approaching!

https://time.com/5927132/donald-trump-mob-capitol-chaos/

https://www.motherjones.com/politic...itol-congress-insurrection-electoral-college/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/grap...scene-capitol-dc/?itid=hp-top-table-main-0106

Notice how these three liberal rags call the Trump supporters "rioters" while for the past year they have called the BLM/Antifa supporters "protestors". The images are ok IMO but the rhetoric in the captions is horrible. What's good for the goose is good for the gander. After four years of being treated as second-class citizens, Trump supporters have had enough. There are many things I don't like about Trump but at least he try to do what he campaigned on unlike every other career politician like Biden. I know this is probably stepping over the line but I am tired of the Left trying to railroad conservative. The Russian collusion was a hoax started by Hillary Clinton's campaign. Biden has been quoted as telling the Ukranian president that Ukraine would not get monies from the US if they did not fire a prosecutor looking into Hunter Biden's association and yet Pelosi and her ilk impeach Trump on "trumped-up" charges. The truth about Hunter Biden and his "big guy" father and their association with CCP will never be known. REMEMBER, YOU ONLY GET TO VOTE FOR SOCIALISM ONCE! The Statue of Liberty might as well be torn down as the freedoms America has become known for as being systematically erased.

 

[rhl-oregon]

https://thegroundtruthproject.org/the-capitol-riots-through-the-lens-of-a-photojournalist/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bo...pher-attacked-pro-trump-mob-capitol-video/amp



I’d like to make a suggestion.

Anyone who has posted mere words in this thread (opinion, polemic, cant, pieties, etc.), but nothing in actual visual response to what Bill Pierce solicited—namely, links to the work of other photographers who were there—

Consider deleting your post. Bill Pierce solicited links to documentary work, nothing else. Take your feelings and opinions to a town hall or your own post. Respect what Bill has asked. He didn’t ask, as he so often does, “Your thoughts?”

 

[Photog9000]

How does it feel to belong to a cult?

This is exactly the type of rhetoric I have come to expect from the Left. For the past 4+ years, people that supported Trump's ideas have been demonized while a$$holes like you on the left have listened to the main stream media's slant on the current administration. Do you really believe that Biden got 10 MILLION more votes than Obama did in 2008 and 2012 and almost 16 MILLION more than Clinton in 2016? The only cultist here in YOU!

 

[DwF]

https://thegroundtruthproject.org/the-capitol-riots-through-the-lens-of-a-photojournalist/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bo...pher-attacked-pro-trump-mob-capitol-video/amp



I’d like to make a suggestion.

Anyone who has posted mere words in this thread (opinion, polemic, cant, pieties, etc.), but nothing in actual visual response to what Bill Pierce solicited—namely, links to the work of other photographers who were there—

Consider deleting your post. Bill Pierce solicited links to documentary work, nothing else. Take your feelings and opinions to a town hall or your own post. Respect what Bill has asked. He didn’t ask, as he so often does, “Your thoughts?”

A good suggestion.