Aug 11, 2016

Photos by J. M. Giordano/Baltimore City Paper

Every four years for a total of eight days, politicians, state delegates, political pundits, celebrities, photographers and protesters come together at the Republican and Democratic national conventions in separate US cities. This year, the RNC was held in Cleveland and the DNC in Philadelphia. Most of the action was inside the convention halls with police and protesters keeping things cool on the streets outside.

: A delegate hoists a balloon following Hillary Clinton’s acceptence speech at the Democratic National Convention on July 28.

: Presidential nominee Donald Trump waits in the wings on June 21 at the Republican National Convention.

: Hillary Clinton accepts the nomination at the Democratic National Convention on June 28.

: A Donald Trump bobblehead for sale on June 20 in Cleveland where the Republican National Convention was held.

: A Trump supporter watches the final night of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on June 21.

: Convention-goers listen to Arkansan Governor Asa Hutchinson on June 19 at the Republican National Convention.

: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks to the crowd on June 21 after he accepted his party’s nomination.

: Delegates are reflected in a funhouse-like mirror at the Republican National Convention on June 19.

: Presidential nominee Donald Trump addresses the crowd via satellite on June 19 at the Republican National Convention.

: Delegates enter the Quicken Loans Arena at the Republican National Convention on June 19.

: A South Carolina delegate listens to a speech by Reverend William Barbe at the Democratic National Convention on June 28.

: A delegate’s son falls asleep at the end of the Democratic National Convention on June 28.

: Vice Presidential pick Tim Kaine and president Bill Clinton marvel at falling balloons at the closing of the DNC on June 28.

: A delegate peers out from a paper sign at the Democratic National Convention on June 28.

: A Bernie Sanders supporter on the floor of the Democratic National Convention on June 28.

: Khizr Khan, father of Captain Humayun Khan who was killed in the Iraq War while serving in the U.S. Army, addresses the crowd at the Democratic National Convention on June 28. His wife, Ghazala Khan, looks on.

: A delegate grips an American flag at the Democratic National Convention on June 28.

: Dallas Sheriff Lupe Valdez addresses the crowd at the Democratic National Convention June 28.

: A Bernie Sanders supporter on the floor of the Democratic National Convention on June 28.

: A gas mask is left behind the gates following a night of protest at the Wells Fargo Arena on June 28.

: A rose is left behind crime scene tape at the Wells Fargo Arena where four protesters were arrested at the Democratic National Convention on June 28.