While wandering around Washington D.C., we decided to photograph strangers who were dressed up in “coats” or suits and professional attire. Our intention was to try to capture a correlation between how the fashion (specifically “coats” or suits and professional attire) of different professions compare.  Pictures that don’t show a person’s face are intentional, due to the fact that some weren’t comfortable with completely revealing their identity; for the last picture, we were told that they could not give us their specific job title.

Seth Adam Meinero: Attorney

Yuta, Bridget, Amelia and Jules: Federal Government Contractors

Michael: Lobbyist

Anonymous: Transportation Planner

Partap Verma: Attorney

Shannon: Privacy Officer

Manzoor Shah: IT Database Engineer

Richard G. Kidd: Senior Executive Federal Government

Anonymous: Director for African Affairs (International Policy)

Susan Kelly: President of Microsearch Cooperation

Justin: Administrative Specialist for the Senate Sargent at Arms

Dan Golden: Lawyer with the DC Council

Mike Crittenden: Congressional Correspondent for the Wall Street Journal

W. Douglas Tynan: Director of Integrated Health Care

Bob Greene: Lawyer

Mark Berman: Lawyer

Duke McLarty: Attorney for the Federal Housing Administration

Shavonda Allen and Teri Ryan: IT Project Managers

Julie: Executive at AARP

Jenny Merzlock: Graduate Student and Research Project Coordinator

Leana: Operations Assistant at Maritime Logistics

Brian C. Heilman: Investment Manager

Rich Daly: Sales Manager for a Software Development Firm

Nick Catania: Investment Advisor

Eduardo Estrada: Extended Term Consultant, World Bank

Group Visiting from China: Statistics

Anonymous: Human Resources Specialists

All photos by Anurima Kumar.

Additional reporting by Elonah Kirk.