Politics

We The People: Street Views of Trump’s Inauguration and the Women’s Marches

Street photography capturing the swearing in of Donald Trump as President of the United States and the Women’s Marches in cities world-wide

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Matt Stuart Donald Trump addresses the crowd following his inauguration. Washington, D.C., USA. January 20, 2017. © Matt Stuart | Magnum Photos
Matt Stuart Trump supporters on Inauguration Day. Washington, D.C., USA. January 20, 2017. © Matt Stuart | Magnum Photos
Matt Stuart Trump supporters on Inauguration Day. Washington, D.C., USA. January 20, 2017. © Matt Stuart | Magnum Photos
Matt Stuart Inauguration Day. Washington, D.C., USA. January 20, 2017. © Matt Stuart | Magnum Photos
Matt Stuart Donald Trump’s Inauguration. Pennsylvania Avenue. Washington, D.C., USA. January 20, 2017. © Matt Stuart | Magnum Photos
Matt Stuart Demonstrations on Inauguration Day. Washington, D.C., USA. January 20, 2017. © Matt Stuart | Magnum Photos
Larry Towell Demonstrations on Inauguration Day. Washington, D.C., USA. January 20, 2017. © Larry Towell | Magnum Photos
Larry Towell Demonstrations during the Women's March. Washington, D.C., USA. January 21, 2017. © Larry Towell | Magnum Photos
Larry Towell Demonstrations on Inauguration Day. Washington, D.C., USA. January 20, 2017. © Larry Towell | Magnum Photos
Larry Towell Demonstrations on Inauguration Day. Washington, D.C., USA. January 20, 2017. © Larry Towell | Magnum Photos
Larry Towell Demonstrators set fire to a limousine on 13th Street during demonstrations on Inauguration Day. Washington, D.C., USA. January 20, 2017. © Larry Towell | Magnum Photos
Larry Towell Demonstrations on Inauguration Day. Washington, D.C., USA. January 20, 2017. © Larry Towell | Magnum Photos
Larry Towell Demonstrations on Inauguration Day. Washington, D.C., USA. January 20, 2017. © Larry Towell | Magnum Photos
John Vink Women's Rights, American Democrats and Climate Change organisations organise a demonstration in front of the Opera House while Donald Trump becomes President of the USA. Belgium, Brussels. January (...)
Matt Stuart George Washington University Ball is the only university inauguration ball celebrating the peaceful transition of power and democracy. Washington, D.C., USA. January 21, 2017. © Matt Stuart | Magnum Photos
Chien-Chi Chang Anti-Trump rally at Columbus Circle next to the Trump International Hotel and Tower. NYC, USA. January 19th, 2017. © Chien-Chi Chang | Magnum Photos
Chien-Chi Chang Rally at Foley Square on the inauguration day. NYC, USA. January 20, 2017. © Chien-Chi Chang | Magnum Photos
Matt Stuart Women's March on Washington. Washington, D.C., USA. January 21, 2017. © Matt Stuart | Magnum Photos
Matt Stuart Women's March on Washington. Washington, D.C., USA. January 21, 2017. © Matt Stuart | Magnum Photos
Matt Stuart Women's March on Washington. Washington, D.C., USA. January 21, 2017. © Matt Stuart | Magnum Photos
Matt Stuart Women's March on Washington. Washington, D.C., USA. January 21, 2017. © Matt Stuart | Magnum Photos
Susan Meiselas Demonstrations during the Women's March. Washington, D.C., USA. January 21, 2017. © Susan Meiselas | Magnum Photos
Susan Meiselas Women's March. Washington, D.C., USA. January 21, 2017. © Susan Meiselas | Magnum Photos
Susan Meiselas Women's March. Washington, D.C., USA. January 21, 2017. © Susan Meiselas | Magnum Photos
Jérôme Sessini Women march against Trump in Paris. On Saturday marches were organised across the world to raise awareness for women's rights and other civil rights they fear could be under threat by Donald Trump. (...)
Jérôme Sessini Women march against Trump in Paris. January 21, 2017. © Jérôme Sessini | Magnum Photos
Christopher Anderson Women's March. NYC, USA. January 21, 2017. © Christopher Anderson | Magnum Photos
Alex Webb Women's March. NYC, USA. January 21, 2017. © Alex Webb | Magnum Photos
Alex Webb Women's March. NYC, USA. January 21, 2017. © Alex Webb | Magnum Photos
Alex Webb Women's March. NYC, USA. January 21, 2017. © Alex Webb | Magnum Photos
Chien-Chi Chang Women's March in New York City. NYC, USA. January 21, 2017. © Chien-Chi Chang | Magnum Photos
David Hurn A protest was organized in Cardiff to support the Women’s March on Washington. Few people turned up and there were mixed feelings about the event, but ultimately there was an overriding sense of ge (...)
Thomas Dworzak Women's groups and other anti Trump protesters march from the Trocadero, around the Eiffel Tower, to the Ecole Militaire. Paris, France. January 21, 2017. © Thomas Dworzak | Magnum Photos
Thomas Dworzak Women's groups and other anti Trump protesters march from the Trocadero, around the Eiffel Tower, to the Ecole Militaire. Paris, France. January 21, 2017. © Thomas Dworzak | Magnum Photos
Thomas Dworzak Coinciding with the Women's March on Washington against US President Donald Trump, the day after his inauguration, women's groups and other anti-Trump protesters march from the Trocadero, around th (...)
Susan Meiselas Women's March. Washington, D.C., USA. January 21, 2017. © Susan Meiselas | Magnum Photos

At noon on Friday, January 20th, 2017, Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States. Hundreds of thousands of people traveled to Washington, DC over the course of the inauguration weekend. Some were there to welcome the incoming president and others to voice opposition to his rhetoric and policy proposals.

Friday’s inaugural events included the swearing in ceremony, a concert, and a traditional parade led by the president. Though anti-Trump demonstrations took place during these official events, Saturday’s Women’s March drew the largest crowd. The march was an effort to send a strong message to the new administration regarding women’s and human rights.

According to US Uncut, attendance for Saturday’s women’s march numbered at least 500,000, and satellite events across at least 500 US cities brought the total number of US protestors to over 3.3 million people, in “what may have been the largest demonstration in US history,” according to Vox. Further demonstrations took place globally, with an estimated 100,000 attendees at London’s event, and 3,000 in Paris.

Magnum photographers captured the weekend’s events: Larry Towell photographed demonstrations that turned violent on inauguration day. Matt Stuart and Susan Meiselas captured scenes at the women’s march in Washington DC, while other photographers shot satellite events around the world, such as Chien-Chi Chang and Chris Anderson in New York, Alex Webb in Chicago, Thomas Dworzak and Jerome Sessini in Paris, Olivia Arthur in London, John Vink in Brussels, and David Hurn in Cardiff.

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