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Pablo Picasso painted "The Tragedy" in 1903. The painting depicts a bearded man, a woman, and a child - presumably a family - shoeless and in rags, huddled on a beach. It is uncertain as to what "tragedy" the title refers though the family does seem saddened and out of place, perhaps homeless. The adults seem lost in their thoughts, the child sad. It is this very sad and somber mood that defines most of Picasso's "Blue Period" pieces. The very idea of living on the margins of society bridges the gap between beggar and modern artist - living on the outskirts of a society on which they so desperately rely. The painting was photographed at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

I enjoy photography and writing, and sometimes think of myself as a photojournalist. If there is a story to be told with a photograph, I tell it. As a longtime resident of Washington, DC, a lot of my photographs are of this area, and I enjoy writing in the description something about the shot -- it could be a short statement about an equestrian statue in the middle of a park, or a more intimate tale of the mausoleum where Abraham Lincoln's son, Willie, was entombed for the remaining three years of Lincoln's presidency after the boy's death. These photographs are contained in the aptly named "Washington DC" Collection. In addition to "WDC" there are eight other Collections on this page, and two of my favorites are "Paintings" and...