#ShootBack Day 3: At first the sky looked gloomy and though I expected a march, I had no idea how su
#ShootBack Day 3: At first the sky looked gloomy and though I expected a march, I had no idea how such a mass of people could be organized to do so on a city street. Furthermore it looked as if it might rain and that we should be cautious. People were at a standstill after listening to so many speakers. There were news crew vans lining the entire street, cops circulating for a blocks in each direction away from Centennial Park which is in front of the CNN Center. Nevertheless though, the sea of bodies began to move once an order was made on a megaphone- almost slowly at first down the long stretch of pavement separating the center and the park. At first I thought the milling policemen might stop us, but they actually cleared traffic in our way as we headed to complete a mile march around the park itself. From my vantage point, I had to run like mad I realized to catch up with the front of the mob. Luckily I’m in decent shape, but this entire trek was going to be full of mad dashes forward, back, scaling the urban terrain for vantage points and doing anything I could to capture the movement of the people.Project #ShootBack is an informal photojournal account of my experience as a young person, photographer and activist leading up to my goal of traveling to Selma, Alabama in March to photograph the 50th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday.” Thousands, including the president will be coming to town. I’m currently raising money for this trip and my activism efforts in general here:http://www.gofundme.com/ArtandActivism -- source link
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