News, event, street, wildlife, sports, and feature photography by Alan Kotok
Alan Kotok is a photographer, journalist, and entrepreneur. As a photojournalist, Kotok shoots for the Alamy stock photo agency and serves as photography chair at National Press Club in Washington, D.C. since 2019.
NEW. C-SPAN CEO Sam Feist, Feb. 2026
NEW. Politico politics bureau chief Jonathan Martin, Feb. 2026
Former CNN correspondent and anchor Jim Acosta, Jan. 2026
Investor and philanthropist David Rubenstein, July 2025
Historian and essayist Heather Cox Richardson, Jan. 2025
Celebrity chef and humanitarian José Andrés, Mar. 2024
Filmmaker Ken Burns, Nov. 2024
Bechtel Corp. chairman and CEO Brendan Bechtel, Dec. 2025
Recent portrait and interview photos of U.S. senators, members of Congress, state governors, and other dignitaries from both parties are available exclusively from the Alamy agency. Here are a few examples.
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Jan. 2026, at Center for American Progress.
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Jan. 2026, at Center for American Progress.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) at the National Press Club, Jan. 2026.
Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) at "Jan. 6, Five Years Later" event.
Former Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel at Center for American Progress, Jan. 2026.
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) at Center for American Progress, Dec. 2025.
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) at Axios: Prospects for permitting reform, Dec. 2025.
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) at Punchbowl News, Dec. 2025.
Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) at Center for American Progress, Dec. 2025
At the National Press Club, 6 Jan. 2026. Available exclusively from the TechNewsLit portfolio on Alamy.
Former Capitol Police offier Harry Dunn attacked by the mob on Jan. 6, 2021.
Former Capitol Police officer Michael Fanone attacked and wounded by the mob on Jan. 6, 2021.
Glenn Kirschner, former U.S. attorney and now a legal analyst and commentator.
Photos of people making news on the streets of Washington, D.C. and surrounding region, available from the Alamy photo agency.
Alexandria, Virginia fireboat demonstrating its firehoses. Alexandria waterfront, 24 Dec. 2025.
National Guard troops deployed to Washington, D.C. Aug. 2025.
Television news crew interviews Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) outside the Arlington county court house in Sept. 2024.
Birds and reptiles photographed in the mid-Atlantic and south Florida, available from the Alamy photo agency.
Alligator photographed at Wakodahatchee Wetlands Park in Del Ray Beach, Florida, April 2025.
Pileated woodpecker in Arlington, Va. April 2024.
Two wood storks crowing from their nest at Wakodahatchee Wetlands Park in Del Ray Beach, Florida, April 2025.
Buddhist monks cross Arlington, Virginia as part of their 2,300 mile journey from Fort Worth, Texas to Washington, D.C. 10 Feb. 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
Highmark Stadium, home of the Buffalo Bills, then known as Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y. Sept. 2014. Panorama photo appears on the Highmark Stadium Wikipedia page.
License: CC BY 2.0