Alice Donovan Rouse

black hiking backpack near white Fujifilm instax mini camera near black leather boots, red half-zip jacket, gray pocket watch on white map

Getting prepared for the second #UnsplashExpedition challenge. These are a few of the things that I always take with me on adventures in the woods! Plus I wanted to show off the fancy new Unsplash Expedition backpack by Topo. Sooooo fancy.

person holding we the people sign surrounded by people

This sign was a trademark of the Women’s Marches around the world on Saturday. The posters were available to download for free and were printed by many as a (literal) sign of solidarity. 

https://obeygiant.com/people-art-avail-download-free/

Among the many cleverly made signs at the Women’s March in Boston was this simple message of peace and acceptance.

person taking photo using iPhone 6 during daytime

I took this photo at the Women’s March in Boston. I was shooting with my Nikon D750 with a 50mm prime lense which made catching the wider angles a bit tough. I looked up and could see the expanse of people through the screen of the persons phone above me and I had to grab it! Very Meta :)

girl standing in between buildings surrounded by plants covered with snow

This shot was also taken at an #UnsplashBoston Expedition. I had walked down a very cool alleyway and when I turned around I saw that quite a few folks from our group had decided it was a good shot :) I couldn’t help but think the same, I loved seeing all of their cameras facing me down the narrow pathway.

woman standing beside wall and door during daytime

I took this photo at our recent #UnsplashExpedition in Boston. It was the day after a huge snowstorm and our route took us through the quaint—and historic, Beacon Hill neighborhood. A dear friend and fellow photographer was on the walk with me and as she sauntered past this wall I realized that her hat was the identical color!

It’s fun to imagine the layered stories and the people behind them that these promotional flyers represent.

I stumbled across this mural on our last day in Amsterdam. We aren’t often ones to take formal tours so we end up wandering through the streets of new places and more often than not we get lost. Finding hidden gems like these among alleyways please me more than waiting in line for tours of old mansions. You can find this piece at Frans Halsstraat 64, 1072BT, Amsterdam.

It rained 3 out of the 4 days we visited Paris. On the third day we visited Montmartre and as it started to pour, we ran for cover inside the Sacré-Cœur. We walked the hundreds of steps to the top where inside the dome we found beautiful, vast views of the City. The fog and rain created a mood that is evident in the photo. Our entire trip felt the way this image reads, it was quiet and gloomy with a constant mist in the air.  I will forever remember Paris that way.