A “Marshall Arts” installer’s freckled arms.

Modern Head, a steel sculpture by Roy Lichtenstein, was installed Wednesday, August 27, 2008, outside the Smithsonian American Art Museum, at the corner of F and Ninth Streets, NW, in Washington, D.C. According to Patsy Tompkins from the James Goodman Gallery, Marshall Arts is “the only” company that can handle installing the 31 foot tall, 13,000 pound steel sculpture. Buy or license this photo.

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Modern Head, a steel sculpture by Roy Lichtenstein, was installed today August 27, 2008, outside the Smithsonian American Art Museum, at the corner of F and Ninth Streets, NW, in Washington, D.C. The piece follows the artist’s recurring theme of human figures resembling machines.

According to Patsy Tompkins from the James Goodman Gallery, the sculpture was most recently seen at the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Coral Gables, FL, and was previously installed in Battery Park City, one block from the World Trade Center in New York, where it survived the September 11, 2001, attacks. Ms. Tomkins also said the sculpture received a new paint job, an electric blue that is less shiny than it was as seen in the Fairchild installation.

Sen. Barack Obama announced Joe Biden as his running mate with a text message to supporters, Saturday morning, August 23, 2008, at about 3:00 A.M.

Fairfax County Police - including one with a winged-wheel tattoo on his forearm - stand by during the National Police Motorcycle Rodeo 2008, August 16, 2008, at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. WaPhoJo Pool photo by Chris Whelan. See his entire set.

Please note: WaPhoJo is on vacation and will return with new postings on Thursday, August 21, 2008.

Images from Bear Invasion XII, a fundraising gathering of big men and their admirers, August 8-10, 2008, in Washington, D.C., hosted by the District of Columbia Bear Club. Proceeds from weekend donations will go to Brother Help Thyself, an organization through which member-clubs raise and disburse funds to AIDS service providers and the GLBTQ community. Visit the Bear Invasion XII Photo Gallery to see more and order prints.