15 years and 52,000 photos

I’ve been back home in the US for the last four weeks and one of my goals was to start consolidating my 15 years of digital photos into a back catalogue that I can search and access from anywhere around the globe!

I can happily say I’ve sorted the more than 52,000 photos into one library and I’ll slowly be going through it for the next few months!

I also plan to start paying more attention to this site. It is in sore need of an updating and regular postings! Look for some new content to start appearing soonish.

I also will be telling stories about some of my favorite photos from my back catalogue here. So the first one up is one of my favorite monuments in Washington, DC. The only city memorial on the National Mall, the DC World War 1 Memorial honors the 26,000 Washingtonians who served in the war.

When I first moved to Washington, I knew no one and worked long hours, but was inspired by all the history and beautiful sights all across the city. So in my off times, which generally fell at night, I crisscrossed the district with my camera and tripod looking for new subjects.

I often found myself down on the National Mall past 9pm once all the tour buses and throngs of schoolchildren had disappeared. The Mall is peaceful then. That stillness, in my mind, underlines the historical reverence of the buildings and memorials dedicated to our most famous leaders and lost soldiers.

I always enjoyed walking by this simple rotunda hidden away by a grove of trees halfway between the Lincoln Memorial and the MLK Memorial.