Isabella Zhou

( 2026.06.21 )

Keep Marching, Washington

the Mall to the Suffs curtain call · 10:56 AM – 10:06 PM

Monuments all day and a musical at night — eleven hours of marching down the Mall, until the Suffs company sang Keep Marching back at us from the stage.

Fujifilm X-E5 · 23mm · twelve frames · Washington, DC

01 / 12

10:56 am

Federal Triangle

A bridge between ministries, and the old clock tower keeping time behind it.

Federal Triangle · 23mm · ƒ/5 · 1/1250 · ISO 125

A stone bridge spanning between federal buildings, a Victorian clock tower behind

02 / 12

10:59 am

Constitution Avenue

Flags out along the museums, the avenue already warm.

Constitution Avenue
23mm · ƒ/4.5 · 1/1600 · ISO 125

Cars waiting at a light on Constitution Avenue, flags on the museums

03 / 12

11:10 am

The Obelisk

The monument between two trees, flags small at its feet.

Washington Monument · 23mm · ƒ/4.5 · 1/1700 · ISO 125

The Washington Monument framed by dark trees under summer clouds

04 / 12

11:28 am

The Gold Clock

A red brick survivor with a gold-domed clock, holding its corner among the glass.

Downtown
23mm · ƒ/4 · 1/1600 · ISO 125

A Victorian red brick corner building with a gold-domed clock tower

05 / 12

11:41 am

The Treasury

Bunting over the Treasury's doors, passers-by in no hurry.

US Treasury · 23mm · ƒ/5.6 · 1/550 · ISO 125

Red white and blue bunting over the Treasury facade

06 / 12

12:51 pm

Atlantic

The fountain throwing itself up in front of the Atlantic arch.

World War II Memorial
23mm · ƒ/5.6 · 1/900 · ISO 125

The World War II Memorial fountain before the Atlantic pavilion
The reflecting pool and Washington Monument seen from the Lincoln Memorial steps

07 / 12

1:26 pm

From Lincoln’s Steps

The whole axis at once: pool, obelisk, and a sky doing its best.

Lincoln Memorial · 23mm · ƒ/7.1 · 1/1400 · ISO 125

08 / 12

1:38 pm

Freedom Is Not Free

At the Korean wall, sparrows bathe in the fountain under the carved words.

Korean War Memorial
23mm · ƒ/5.6 · 1/400 · ISO 125

Sparrows bathing in the fountain below the words Freedom Is Not Free

09 / 12

7:03 pm

Archives in Gold

The Archives' pediment takes the evening sun like a stage light.

National Archives · 23mm · ƒ/5.6 · 1/950 · ISO 125

The National Archives pediment and columns in golden evening light

10 / 12

7:04 pm

Under the Gaze

A face hangs over the avenue, and nothing below it moves unwatched.

Pennsylvania Avenue
23mm · ƒ/5 · 1/320 · ISO 125

A portrait banner hanging over Pennsylvania Avenue in evening light

11 / 12

7:08 pm

Old Post Office

Flags burning in the last sun outside the old tower.

Old Post Office · 23mm · ƒ/5.6 · 1/680 · ISO 125

American flags catching low golden light by the Old Post Office tower
The Suffs company at curtain call, sashes and raised arms against a blue stage

12 / 12

10:06 pm

Keep Marching

The Suffs company takes its bow, sashes and raised arms. My favourite musical, caught mid-cheer.

Suffs, curtain call · 23mm · ƒ/3.6 · 1/125 · ISO 125

( about )

I’m Isabella Zhou. Photography lends me wings toward a dreamland I haven’t found yet, and these journals are what I carry back from the flights. This journal is proof that a city of monuments can spend all day marching you toward a stage, kept on a Fujifilm X-E5 with one 23mm lens.

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isabellayifan.zhou@gmail.com

© 2026 Isabella Zhou — all photographs shot on Fujifilm X-E5