© 2009 Don Harris

Barber Shop, 2001

Kennedy Street NW

Full gallery after the jump.

The first polls are about to close, and Mister Lloyd is spending Election Day with his family. They're all working past dark at Lloyd's V St. Barber shop, Spotts, which has been on the street for a year but in business for 40. Rodney Pringle (above) works on a close shave while Tommy Comer sits in the second barber's chair, holding daughter Kira and watching a small corner television. Rico leans up against the wall, filling out the small operation's skinny row-house. Another customer waits outside, in a pastel button-down and tie, waiting for his last election season cut.

Lloyd (above) says he's excited about Obama; he'll be staying up, watching the shop's television, until the election is called. Nine-year-old Kira isn't so sure she'll make it. "I might fall asleep," she says.

The family might be persuaded to put down their shears in the event of a McCain victory. "We're gonna tear the city up," says Pringle. "Damn right. Be looking for me."