I love the dude in the tree! Nice photographic journalism. As to the protesters, I only regret I don't have my old F-4B available to pay them a visit.
Dan Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 11:17 AM, Christine Aguila <christ...@caguila.com> wrote: > > Thanks, Ann! No, never got caught up in any violence. All the pictures are > from the rally at Petrillo. The wooded area turned into a staging area for > marchers, readying themselves to head down to McCormick place, so it was very > family orientated prior to the actual march. > > I was going to march, but in the end decided against it. Even if I had > marched, I think I would have been just fine. It was the Black Block > protesters (which I labeled Ninja protesters in the gallery) that for the > most part antagonized the police, but that was their intent, and if you view > the Chicago Tribune gallery, they got what they intended. > > Darrel went with me, and he would have marched if I wanted to, but in the end > I decided to keep us both safe, so we took some pictures, had lunch and a > coffee, then headed home on the EL. Public transportation was a breeze. I > expected heavier crowds, but never saw them. > > Rick Wormer's daughter is working as a street medic. Maybe Rick will give a > different account via his daughter. > > To be sure, mine is a warm and fuzzy gallery of the event :-). No > photojournalistic heroics on my part for yesterday's event. I was merely > tourist. > > Cheers, Christine/Chicago -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
