Documentary & street photography · Washington, D.C.
Public life in Washington, photographed up close.
An ongoing record of the American capital — its rallies and parades, its believers and bystanders — made on foot, at close range.
Assembly
Public life in the capital — the parade, the barricade, the crowd at full volume.
Portraits
People met at arm's length — a gesture, a held gaze, a face turned to the light.
The Square
Belief and dissent in the open air — the flag, the sign, the word on the Mall.
Stillness
The city between events — stone, solitude, and the long quiet.
Owen McCullum is a documentary and street photographer in Washington, D.C. He works at close range, usually with a flash, so every face comes forward with its expression intact: the believer, the bystander, the marcher mid-shout. He cares less about the event than the feeling under the look, and about what a city that runs on argument, in every kind of weather, leaves on the people who live there.
Available for headshots, portraits, and editorial assignments. Prints and licensing on request.