Luke Sharrett, an intern at The Times’ Washington bureau, considered himself lucky when he couldn’t get into the inauguration ceremonies last year. Instead of capturing photos of the President and his staff, Luke went around Washington and captured the spirit of the city as it welcomed in the nation’s first black President.

A year later, Luke went back to some of the places he photographed and put the two photographs side by side for comparison. Lens has some good examples of this series to check out.