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News, event, street, wildlife, sports, and feature photography by Alan Kotok

National Guard troops and MRAP battle vehicle in Washington, D.C., Aug. 2025. Alamy frame and watermarks.

Photo: National Guard troops deployed to Washington, D.C. Aug. 2025.
Alan Kotok is a photographer, journalist, and entrepreneur. As a photojournalist, Kotok shoots for the Alamy stock photo agency and serves as photography chair at National Press Club in Washington, D.C. since 2019. Most of our top photos are available exclusively from the Alamy agency.

D.C. notables

Government and politics

Recent portrait and interview photos of U.S. senators, members of Congress, state governors, and other dignitaries from both parties are available exclusively from the Alamy agency. Here are a few examples.

Sen. Adam Schiff

Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA), Sept. 2025

Rep. Tom Emmer

Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN), House majority whip, July 2025

Sen. Elizabeth Warren

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Mar. 2025

Gov. J.B. Pritzker

Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D-IL), July 2025

Sen. Tommy Tuberville

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), July 2025

Sen. Elissa Slotkin

Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), July 2025

Media and business leaders

David Rubenstein

Investor and philanthropist David Rubenstein, July 2025

Heather Cox Richardson

Historian and essayist Heather Cox Richardson, Jan. 2025

Jose Andres

Celebrity chef and humanitarian José Andrés, Mar. 2024

Ken Burns

Filmmaker Ken Burns, Nov. 2024

Sean Penn

Actor and director Sean Penn, Mar. 2024

Charle Baker

NCAA president and former governor Charle Baker, July 2025

Spot news and feature photography

Photos of people making news on the streets of Washington, D.C. and surrounding region, available from the Alamy photo agency.

Entrance colonnade to Union Station in Washington, D.C.

Entrance colonnade to Union Station in Washington, D.C., Oct. 2024.

TV news crew interviews a member of Congress

Television news crew interviews Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) outside the Arlington county court house in Sept. 2024.

Three bagpipe players and bass drummer in kilts, marching in a parade

D.C. Police Department pipe and drum band marching in the July 4, 2024 Palisades parade.

Wildlife photography

Birds and reptiles photographed in the mid-Atlantic and south Florida, available from the Alamy photo agency.

Alligator in swamp vegetation

Alligator photographed at Wakodahatchee Wetlands Park in Del Ray Beach, Florida, April 2025.

Pileated woodpecker on a tree trunk

Pileated woodpecker in Arlington, Va. April 2024.

Two wood storks crowing from their nest

Two wood storks crowing from their nest at Wakodahatchee Wetlands Park in Del Ray Beach, Florida, April 2025.

Creative Commons photos

Full football stadium in bright sunshine

Highmark Stadium, home of the Buffalo Bills, then known as Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y. Sept. 2014. Panorama photo appears on the Highmark Stadium Wikipedia page.
License: CC BY 2.0

Eight Washington Nationals baseball players in a row standing while the National Anthem is played before a game.

Washington Nationals position players, standing for the National Anthem, before their game with the Chicago White Sox, 27 Sept. 2025.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0

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