{"id":646,"date":"2009-08-04T01:41:25","date_gmt":"2009-08-04T05:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulepictures.com\/blog\/?p=646"},"modified":"2014-10-13T11:40:45","modified_gmt":"2014-10-13T15:40:45","slug":"woman-sitting-in-front-of-the-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paulepictures.com\/blog\/2009\/08\/04\/woman-sitting-in-front-of-the-white-house\/","title":{"rendered":"The Woman outside the White House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-644\" title=\"1aaa\" src=\"http:\/\/www.paulepictures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/1aaa1.jpg\" alt=\"1aaa\" width=\"580\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paulepictures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/1aaa1.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.paulepictures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/1aaa1-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>..March 2008    The Woman outside the White House..<\/p>\n<p>When I was attending university I used to photograph a woman who sat in front of the White House protesting the use of nuclear weapons.  The last time I saw her was 11 years ago, 1997.  She has been holding a 24 hour a day vigil on the street since 1980.  Only leaving briefly to go to the bathroom, sleeping on 2 blankets, and a pillow on top of a large wooden mattress, no matter the elements.  <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve seen her sitting in snow up to her waist and sweating in the oppressive August humidity.  She out lasted 4 Presidents who slept about 100 yards away in the Lincoln Bedroom inside a mansion called the White House.  <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been carrying a business card she handed me the first time I met her.  It was shoved into the corner of my camera bag for 11 years.  I wonder if she&#8217;s still sits there?  I can&#8217;t imagine being as devoted to give up my entire life for a cause.  1980 was 28 years ago.  She has been sitting out there 3\/4 of my life.  In that time I&#8217;ve seen the birth of my sister, experienced my parents divorce, graduated from college, started my career, traveled around the world twice, and seen the birth of my niece.  <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-645\" title=\"Blog42\" src=\"http:\/\/www.paulepictures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Blog42.jpg\" alt=\"Blog42\" width=\"590\" height=\"780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paulepictures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Blog42.jpg 590w, https:\/\/www.paulepictures.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Blog42-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I haven&#8217;t been to Washington, DC in many years.  I wonder if she is still sitting in front of the White House?  I wonder if she&#8217;s still alive?  I thought about her while I was photographing Hibakusha in Nagasaki last fall.  When I was sitting in my hotel room one block away from the epi-center, I thought of my friendship with her from 1995-1998.  Is she still sitting out there?  <\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\nvar gaJsHost = ((\"https:\" == document.location.protocol) ? \"https:\/\/ssl.\" : \"http:\/\/www.\");\ndocument.write(unescape(\"%3Cscript src='\" + gaJsHost + \"google-analytics.com\/ga.js' type='text\/javascript'%3E%3C\/script%3E\"));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\ntry {\nvar pageTracker = _gat._getTracker(\"UA-12680478-1\");\npageTracker._trackPageview();\n} catch(err) {}<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>..March 2008 The Woman outside the White House.. When I was attending university I used to photograph a woman who sat in front of the White House protesting the use of nuclear weapons. The last time I saw her was 11 years ago, 1997. 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