Resist by Adrian Galli

Chicago, Inauguration Day 2017

Chicago, Inauguration Day 2017

Inauguration Day, 2017, people all around the world take to the streets to protest what many have called a lunatic who was voted into the Office of the President in the United States of America. While he lost the popular vote by nearly 3,000,000 votes to Hillary Clinton, he took the Oath of the Office of the President today.

Love and Mercy – Gazelle Twins

Chicago's response to the new president taking power; take to the streets in the greatest Chicago tradition.

Chicago Inauguration Day Protests – 2017

Yesterday, I honored my American heritage and my President. Today, I fear a dark cloud looms over my country. So much progress has been made over the past eight years with former President Barack Obama.

For those who know me, I am not one to idolize. I never gush over a celebrity, politician, or other famous person. Nor will I start a life of idolism now, however, over the past decade, Barack Obama has greatly earned my respect and I honor his valor, decorum, decency, leadership, and integrity.

Years ago, I heard a speech during the election season; the Senate race for Illinois. A young Obama spoke with such grace that, within minutes, I had decided he would get my vote. My friends and colleagues will tell you my instant intuition and judgement of others is granite; solid and true.

When Obama announced his running for the Office of the President, their was no question I would vote for him. While I know many of my readers may disagree with me, I do not make these assertions with my mind or heart. It is a visceral decision like a thousand generations of my ancestors speaking to me.

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
— Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Former President Barack Obama, you will be missed and should you find yourself reading this, I thank you, personally, for leading this country with honor and distinction.

Dedicated to former President Barack Hussein Obama.

Day by Day – A Year in Photographs by Adrian Galli

It is only Day 3 of A Year in Photographs. Exciting is the journey of a project of this nature. One sets out on a mission to shoot a single photo but ends up shooting far more. It become a challenge not only to keep every day fresh but also to choose which photograph is the best to share.

A journalistic approach may be valuable when capturing so many photographs. While I've decided to photography each month with a particular theme, I'm quickly finding in each day, a "mini-theme" develops. Architecture, people, abstract, and more, in the coming year, each day seemingly is going to be a story.

I'm going to need a lot more storage....

A Year in Photographs – Day 1 by Adrian Galli

Stars, Chicago, 1/1/2017

Stars, Chicago, 1/1/2017

A new year comes a new endeavor. Some will have a New Years resolution to lose weight, spend more time with family, get a new job, or get out of debt. Mine, a creative expedition of photography.

For the next 365 days, I will take a photo every day — each month, a theme, and posting the entire year to a special gallery.

Please join my adventure and come out with with me and your camera. An entire year's story told through photographs... 

Here's to Day 1 – Happy New Year and the best to you and the world in 2017!

First up: January in Black and White