Walking down Main Street - in pictures

A street sign near the border with Maryland Photograph: Sarah Lee for Observer Magazine

Tourists look across the lawn to the White House at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC Photograph: Sarah Lee for Observer Magazine

A mother and her children wait for a laundromat to open Photograph: Sarah Lee for Observer Magazine

The Capitol building Photograph: Sarah Lee for Observer Magazine

A police officer poses with his Harley-Davidson Photograph: Sarah Lee for Observer Magazine

A sightseer poses on the White House steps Photograph: Sarah Lee for Observer Magazine

A top-hatted driver stands next to his vintage Rolls Royce on a scenic tour Photograph: Sarah Lee for Observer Magazine

Belinda and Charlene outside a nail bar near Dupont Park Photograph: Sarah Lee for Observer Magazine

A couple kiss in front of the Capitol building Photograph: Sarah Lee for Observer Magazine

Brother Burnell of the Nation of Islam. He is selling the Final Call newspaper outside the Mohammed Mosque Photograph: Sarah Lee for Observer Magazine

Escalators to the Washington Metro Photograph: Sarah Lee for Observer Magazine

Fishing by the waterside Photograph: Sarah Lee

Patriotic joggers Photograph: Sarah Lee for Observer Magazine

Sidewalk Photograph: Sarah Lee for Observer Magazine

Gentleman enjoys a coffee at the Penn Branch shopping centre Photograph: Sarah Lee for Observer Magazine