Ben Schumin Photography Portfolio

Photos of mostly railfanning in the Washington, DC area, February 21, 2009.

Funk the War 7 was an anti-war demonstration organized by the Washington, DC chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), held on March 19, 2009.

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Anti-war demonstration in Washington, DC and Arlington, Virginia. Participants marched from the Lincoln Memorial in DC to Crystal City, Virginia, protesting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Photographed March 21, 2009.

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April raid for Anonymous DC, held on April 18, 2009.

Demonstration opposing the practices of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, held on Sunday, April 26, 2009.

Visiting the Branch Avenue rail yard in Prince George's County, Maryland for the WMATA Rail Rodeo on May 9, 2009.

Photographs of the National Train Day event at Union Station in Washington, DC, May 9, 2009.

"Operation Sea Arrrgh" demonstration, which protested the practices of the Church of Scientology, held in Washington, DC on June 14, 2009.

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Tubing trip in Luray, Virginia, July 25, 2009.

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Photos from the Taxpayer March on Washington (aka the "teabagger march") on September 12, 2009.

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Funk the War 8 was an anti-war demonstration held in Washington DC on October 7, 2009. The demonstration was organized by the DC chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). Like all "Funk the War" style demonstrations, this demonstration took the form of a radical street party. Sound equipment was carried on a cart, and participants, mostly college-aged, demonstrated in opposition to the war and in support of public education.

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Protest against the practices of the Church of Scientology, held in Washington, DC on October 10, 2009.

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The National Equality March was a demonstration on October 11, 2009 in Washington, DC in support of civil rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered people.

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Arlington National Cemetery, just outside Washington, DC, on October 25, 2009.

Protest against the practices of the Church of Scientology, held in Washington, DC on October 31, 2009. This raid was planned to coincide with the opening of a new Scientology facility at 1424 16th Street NW.

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"Snowpocalypse" storm, which struck the east coast of the United States in December 2009.

On December 19, 2009, the day that the Blizzard of 2009 came to town, the Safeway store in Wheaton, Maryland closed its doors after having conducted a closing sale for several weeks prior. Shortly after the store closed, the building was sealed, with the marina-style building’s large windows covered by large sheets of plywood, with “CLOSED” written across the front of the building in spray paint. Suprisingly, the building’s signage was not removed, nor was the sign next to the road dismantled. However, unlike most sites where Safeway stores reside, Safeway owns this site rather than leasing it. Perhaps this is why the signage was retained. This site was slated for redevelopment, with plans calling for fourteen stories of apartments to rise from the site with a new and much larger Safeway store at street level, with underground parking. However, before redevelopment began, this vintage Safeway, easily more than forty years old, stood in this condition for nearly two years awaiting its fate before being demolished in November 2011. These photos were taken on December 27, 2009, approximately one week after the store closed.

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