Seasons of Protest | Gerald Volgenau

• Indian Hoop Dancer. Denver, NO KINGS. 3/28/26

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• Oh, the horror

  photography. Poster with marchers at Denver's September protest.

• Protest march through downtown Denver. NO KINGS. 3/28/25

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• V for Victory to passing drivers at Denver's September protest

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• No wheelchair will hold her back. Denver's NO KINGS protest. 3/28/26

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• Protest marchers pass a sympathetic graffito.

  photography. Scene from the September protest march in Denver.

• Protesters on the march in Denver

  photography. Protest march through Denver's streets in September.

• Some walk, some ride. All care deeply. Denver's NO KINGS protest. 3/28/26

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• Construction workers give the thumbs up to protesters

  photography. Denver protest march in September

• SHE FAINTED DEAD AWAY in the 80-plus degree heat. Medics showed up in less than two minutes. Denver's NO KINGS protest. 3/28/26

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• Reflection of the Denver protest march

  photography. Reflections of a protest during September's protest march.

• REFLECTING THE PROTEST. Denver's NO KINGS march. 3/28/26

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• Comes the revolution, he's dressed for it

  photography. Dressed like a 1776 colonist at the September protest in Denver.

• PUTAS UNIDAS CONTRA LA MIGRA (Whores united against the Border Patrol). Easily the most unique sign. Denver's NO KINGS protest. 3/28/26

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• A FINE SENTIMENT AT A DENVER PROTEST

  photography. This protest, on October 18, was the 10th and final one for Denver in 2025.

• LA LLORONA. The weeping woman. Denver's NO KINGS protests 3/28/26

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• Flags aloft in front of the capitol

  photography. July 17, "Good Troubles" protest in downtown Denver

• OH MY. And from such a sweet looking couple. Denver's NO KINGS protest. 3/28/26

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• THIS DENVER "NO KINGS" PROTEST GENERATED NOT ONE, BUT TWO MARCHES THROUGH DOWNTOWN

  photography. By some estimates the October protest crowd numbered over 20,000.

• CHALK ART. Leaving their mark. Denver's NO KINGS protest. 3/28/26

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• Lined up and ready to march

  photography. July 17, "Good Troubles" protest on downtown Denver.

• WORDS TO LIVE BY. On the way home. Denver's NO KINGS protest. 3/28/26

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• WATCHING THE PROTEST MARCH THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY

  photography. Reflections of the Oct 18 protest march through downtown Denver.

• You can't start too young to protest. Evergreen, NO KINGS. 3/28/2025

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• You bet, I'm serious.

  photography. July 17, "Good Troubles" protest in downtown Denver.

• Evergreen NO KINGS, about 300 showed up. 3/28/25

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• BANNERS AFLOAT, THE PROTESTERS MARCH ON.

  photography. Protest marchers head down Denver's 15th Street.

• Humanity: Often forgotten in the uproar. Evergreen, NO KINGS, 3/28/25

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• Cars fly by, but protesters stand firm.

  photography. July 17 "Good Troubles" protest in downtown Denver.

• AI HAS IT'S WAY WITH TRUMP

  photography. Protests with an AI flair in Denver's NO KINGS march.

• The march is on.

  photography. July 17 "Good Troubles" protest in Denver.

• Singer-song writer Jimy Murphy hits the protest trail

  photography. A few years back, Jimy Murphy gained some national celebrity with his New Wave (I think this is right) band called the Kamakaze Klones. Just too cool. He is local, still performs and has been active in the…

• "OH MY!" A PHAROH'S HEADRESS AND A MEXICAN BUTTON

  photography. He clearly is an original in a crowd of originals at the Denver protest in October, 2025.

• SORT OF A SCHOOL TEACHER-ISH ADMONISHMENT

  photography. Admonishment sign at the Evergreen, Colorado protest on Sunday, February 1, 2026.

• Flag flying, the mounted protester rides into battle.

  photography. July 17 "Good Troubles" protest on downtown Denver.

• EVERGREEN-PROTEST CROWD OF PERHAPS 200 SHOWED UP

  photography. Crowd of chanting, singing, waving, laughing neighbors (my neighbors) materialized to show their displeasure with the Trump administration. Evergreen is a village of 9,000, in the Rocky Mountain foothills s…

• "WE SHOUT FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT"

  photography. Signs in Spanish too at the October Denver "No Kings" rally.

• Evergreen protested waves, driver honks his approval

  photography. Evergreen protest on Sunday, February 1, 2026

• Here comes the band. One trombone, 75 to go.

  photography. July 17 "Good Troubles" protest in downtown Denver

• EVERGREEN PROTEST, STORE WINDOW REFLECTION

  photography. Protesters reflected in a store window on Evergreen's main street, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026.

• FLAG FLYING, A SENTINEL STANDS APART AS THE CROWD MOVES ON

  photography. The lonely flag bearer is Charles Shelp.

• Evergreen - Protest Shadows

  photography. Evergreen, Colorado protest, Feb 1, 20926

• Even protesters need a rest

  photography. July 17 "Good Troubles" protest in downtown Denver

• Evergreen, Protest Angel

  photography. Shot on Sunday, Feb. 1, at the Evergreen protest.

• Mounted on his steed, shield in hand.

  photography. July 17 "Good Troubles" Protest in downtown Denver

• Shoulder to shoulder, signs aloft

  photography. July 17 "Good Troubles" protest in Denver.

• Here come the marchers

  Protesters on July 17, "Good Troubles Protest" in downtown Denver

• Police have stopped traffic and chat while waiting for the marchers

  photography. July 17. "Good Troubles Portest in downtown Denver

• No Kings protesters on the Genesee bridge over I-70

  photography. With signs for every driver to see, protesters wave their anger on the Genesee Bridge over I-75, during the No Kings day protest on June 14, 2025.

• Marching with the flag, seeming under the direction of a war hero's statue

  photography. Marching the flag past the statue of World War I and World War II hero, Major General Maurice Rose, a Coloradan and the highest ranking Jewish officer when he was killed in action in 1945. The scene was at…

• What commandment has not been broken?

  photography. List of broken commandments and never mind translating his tee shirt at the No Kings protest, June 14, 2025 in Denver.

• So, that's what the future holds

  photography. Socialists' booth at the No Kings protest June 14, 2025 in Denver.

• Introverts too

  photography. Apparently even introverts want to speak up. No Kings protest, June 14, 2025, Denver.

• Stand up

  photography. Stand up sign, No Kings protest, June 14, 2025

• Jews Say Cease Fire Now

  photography. No Kings protest, Denver June 14, 2025

• "Hey, hey, ho, ho, Donald Trump has got to go."

  photography. Leading the chants at the 50501 Protest on April 16 in Denver.

• Heading down 15th street, marchers shout to the tops of skyscrapers

  photography. Protesters march among Denver's skyscrapers. "Hands Off" protest, April 16, 2025.

• Protesters mount a stairway for a view of their anti-Trump march

  photography. It's one thing to march. It's another thing to get a good view of the march. "Hands Off" in Denver, April 16, 2025

• Window reflection on the Hands Off protest

  photography. "Hands Off" protesters reflected in a store window. Denver, April 16.

• Odd juxtaposition, protest marcher go by an underwear add above 15th Street

  photography. Crowds bustle passed an ad for "Game Changing Underwear." Denver's "Hands Off" protest on April 16, 2025.

• Crowd of protesters on 15th Street

  photography. Thronging on Denver's 15th Street. April 16, 2025 "Hands Off" protest.

• Protesting down 15th Street

  photography. Marching, marching, marching. A crowd of thousands heads down Denver's 15th Street. April 16, 2025

• Banner of protest

  photography. Buenos dias, levantase. 50501 Protest. Denver, April 19, 2025

• Leaders pictured as Nazis

  photography. The hats do the Nazi style. It's a look. April 19. Denver. 50501

• Cat lovers are protesting. Really?

  photography. Cat lovers show up. But actual cats don't bother. 50501 protest, April 19, 2025 in Denver

• Sculpture keeps an eye on the Hands Off protest

  photography. Sculpture gives a stony-eyed stare at the "Hands Off" protesters in Denver on April 16, 2025.

• Bringing the flag to the capitol

  photography. Protesters carrying the flag back to the capitol after parading downtown at the April 5, "Hands Off" demonstration.

• Protesters gather in front of Colorado's capitol

  photography. The Hands Off protesters gather at the capitol in Denver, parole 16, 2025. "Hands Off" protest.

• Wave the flag for immigrants

  photography. "Defend Democracy." Waving the flag the crowd moves up 14th Street toward the Capitol at the Hands Off rally.

• Capitol caught on the horns of ... well, you know

  photography. The last leg of the Hands Off march. The capitol is in sight over the horns of a protester.

• Penguins. Apparently a pimp on Trump's tariff on an island inhabited on by the antarctic birds

  photography. The penguins are coming! The penguins are coming! They are waddling along on the last leg of the Hands Off protest match through downtown Denver.

• "We have decided! They will not divide us!"

  photography. Chant out loud at the Hands Off protest .

• Penguins opposed to ICE.

  photography. Protesters slip away from the protesters' took take in a view of the march from a nearby stairway during the Hands Off protest.

• Flags forward on Arapahoe Street

  photography. From 15th Street, the Hands Off marchers turn south on Arapahoe.

• Angry, but creative spellers join the crowd.

  photography. Marching down 15th Street during the Hands Off rally.

• Workers take a brake to watch the marchers.

  photography. No sense trying to go back to work, this march is going to take awhile. Workers get a great seat to watch with Hands Off protesters march through downtown Denver.

• Just happy to join the crow.

  photography. Happily on the march at the Hands Off rally in Denver.

• Into the fun of it all

  photography. If anything, the Hands Off march through downtown Denver was festive. Lots of smiles.

• All smiles, Guy Fawkes shows up

  photography. Guy Fawkes mask, a symbol for protest. Fawkes, the man, took part in an anti-establishment plot in the early 1600s. The mask, created for the movie "V is for Vendetta, and making a reappearance at the Hands…

• USA for the 11th province, eh.

  photography. Turn about is fair play, eh. At the Hands Off rally on April 19.

• Not just talking the talk, but walking the walk.

  photography. Flags are their armor at the Bernie-AOC rally on March 22.

• Lining the fences at the Bernie and AOC protest

  photography. No fence will restrain their protests at the Bernie-AOC rally on March 22.

• I am here and I can prove it.

  photography. Click. Got it. Or maybe not. Bernie seemed to be a mile away at the rally on March 22.

• Serious passion

  photography. Yep, she's got an opinion at the Bernie and AOC protest on March 22.

• Riding high for Bernie and AOC

  photography. On their high horse, looking for Bernie andAOC at the protest on March 22.

• Protest, yes. But love beneath the columns.

  photography. "Look at that, Honey." A young couple at the Bernie-AOC rally on March 22

• Tiny bubbles, blowing in the wind for AOC

  photography. Mellow is as mellow does. In the moo, their blowing bubbles at the Bernie-AOC rally on March 22.

• Who could disagree with this young passion?

  photography. My favorite sign. The meter is off a bit, but the sentiment rings true at the Anti-Ice protest on February 7.

• Wearing the colors

  photography. Flags of protest at the Anti-Ice demonstration at the capitol on February 7.

• Oh, good grief

  photography. Showmanship is all about what you wear and, well, what you don't. This disturbingly odd angel in his underwear, wings and sunglasses showed up at Anti-Ice protest on February 7.

• I wonder. How big a sign would it take?

  photography. A sign of unequivocal unhappiness at the Anti-Ice protest on the capitol steps on February 7

• Do not translate this sign in front of children

  photography. Protesting on behalf of immigrants on the capitol steps during the Anti-Ice Protest on February 7.