Juan Carlos

Photographer

US Presidential Inauguration

Location: San Salvador, El Salvador

Nationality: USA/El Salvador

Biography: I am a freelance photographer, born in El Salvador, Central America but immigrated to the United States during the mid-1980's. I have developed a vocation as a photojournalist and over the course of my career I have documented human rights... read on

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National Guards around the Capitol Hill providing security. An estimated 20,000 National Guard troops have been deployed to protect Capitol Hill, White House and surrounding areas due to the threats by far-right groups and Trump supporters to sabotage the Presidential inauguration event where President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States.

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Mexican artist and U.S. resident Roberto Marquez, also known as “Robenz” holds a flag he did in the likeness of the U.S. on a corner of a street in Washington D.C. on the day of the 59th presidential inauguration where Joe Biden became the 46th president of the United States and Kamala Harris will sworn in as the first female and first black vice president of the nation’s history.

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Young pro-gun supporters at the rally to defend the 2nd Amendment rights on 'Lobby Day’, where armed protesters have gather around the Virginia State Capitol to defend their right to guns.

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A board with written phrases and wishes at the Immigrant Food restaurant next to the White House. An estimated 20,000 National Guard troops have been deployed to protect Capitol Hill, White House and surrounding areas due to the threats by far-right groups and Trump supporters to sabotage the Presidential inauguration event where President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States.

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Teri from Seattle carries a naked figurine of former president Trump as she stands on the streets of the nation’s capital during the 59th presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C., where President-elect Joe Biden will be inaugurated becoming the 46th president of the United States and Kamala Harris will sworn in as the first female and first black vice president of the nation’s history.

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Pro-gun supporters in a vehicle caravan driving around the the streets during the rally to defend the 2nd Amendment rights on 'Lobby Day’, where armed protesters have gather around the Virginia State Capitol to defend their right to guns.

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A National Guard member takes a look outside, he has just arrived to Washington DC to provide additional support and security around surrounding areas due to threats by far-right groups and Trump supporters to sabotage the Presidential inauguration event where President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States.

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Raelyn Maxwell form Park City, Utah a sign of support of women of color while walking around the streets of the nation’s capital during the 59th presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C., where President-elect Joe Biden will be inaugurated becoming the 46th president of the United States and Kamala Harris will sworn in as the first female and first black vice president of the nation’s history.

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A souvenir vendor on the street of the nation’s capital trying to sell beanies with the Biden-Harris names on them after the the 59th presidential inauguration where Joe Biden became the 46th president of the United States and Kamala Harris will sworn in as the first female and first black vice president of the nation’s history.

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A group of National Guard gather around to get instructions on during they stay in Washington DC they have come to the nation’s capital to provide additional support and security around surrounding areas due to threats by far-right groups and Trump supporters to sabotage the Presidential inauguration event where President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States.

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A couple of young men play basketball at the the Robert E. Lee Monument which has become the has a symbolic post in honor of the support the Black Lives Matter movement and the victims of police brutality, this is currently the only remaining Confederate statue on Richmond's historic Monument Avenue.

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James (left) and Leah (right) a couple from Baltimore watch President Biden’s speech on the streets of the nation’s capital, since access to the general public was denied many showed up to the edge of the secure area to be present during the 59th presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C., where President-elect Joe Biden will be inaugurated becoming the 46th president of the United States and Kamala Harris will sworn in as the first female and first black vice president of the nation’s history.

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An elderly resident of Washington DC takes an image of Capitol Hill and the heavy security around the area ahead of the inauguration. An estimated 20,000 National Guard troops have been deployed to protect Capitol Hill, White House and surrounding areas due to the threats by far-right groups and Trump supporters to sabotage the Presidential inauguration event where President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States.

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A man watches the Capitol Hill building as President Biden’s gives the speech during the 59th presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C., where President-elect Joe Biden will be inaugurated becoming the 46th president of the United States and Kamala Harris will sworn in as the first female and first black vice president of the nation’s history.

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An estimated 20,000 National Guard troops have been deployed to protect Capitol Hill, White House and surrounding areas due to the threats by far-right groups and Trump supporters to sabotage the Presidential inauguration event where President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States.

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A young man head out the city after the the 59th presidential inauguration where Joe Biden became the 46th president of the United States and Kamala Harris will sworn in as the first female and first black vice president of the nation’s history.

Public Story

US Presidential Inauguration

Credits: juan carlos

Updated: 01/22/21

The United States sworn in President-elect Joe Biden during the 59th presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C., becoming the 46th president of the United States and Kamala Harris will sworn in as the first female and first black/asian vice president of the nation’s history. This event has brought an end to the Trump presidential era. The inauguration is different this year due to the COVID19 pandemic as well as the security threats far-right groups and pro-Trump supports have made to sabotage the event at Capitol Hill. An estimated 20,000 National Guards have been deployed around the government area of Washington DC and tens of thousands police officers and local authorities to provide additional security.