War protest

My friend told me of yet another war/Bush protest and wanted

pictures. This is my first attempt at journalistic photography. I was

hoping for some criticism . . . Thanks!

I like the attempt, but would have been better to capture the real subject which was the crowd at the left. A police officer directing traffic is an everyday occurrence. Why not focus on the emotions of those protesting? But I guess in a way the fact that the police officer is the subject of attention says something about how today's peace or anti-war movement is viewed. However, I'd be interested to see your other pics of this event.

thank you . . . your comment was quite useful.

well done 7/6

John,

 

After reading my own words I realized that I didn't really say what I wanted to about your photo. I didn't mean for my comment to focus on my negative perceptions so to speak... Actually what I should have said was that while I think their might be too much attention paid to the police officer, I think the police can be a real effective part of this type of image because the police represent the State, and the interaction between the state and citizenry can bring about all kinds of emotions in an image. I think to focus more on the crowd with the police still in the image would be very effective, plus it?s not something people see a lot of in the U.S.

 

I think there is a lot of room for creative expression with protest photography (if it can be coined as such). For example we don?t tend to see to many photographs of protests from within the mass. Most of the time we get a glimpse of the crowd from a distance, but I think other views could actually give the viewer the feeling of being right in the middle of things. Anyhow just food for thought. By the way, I like your math pics.

 

-Dan Perez

Where is the war protest? You just show the policeman. This is not a better angle