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My first assignment for Reuters was a Donald Trump rally in my hometown of St. Louis, Missouri. As I mentally prepared for the day, I envisioned the photographs I would take. In addition to a 2470 lens, I also brought an 85mm, imagining beautiful portraits of Trump supporters. As I scanned the hundreds of people waiting in line that weaved around blocks surrounding the Peabody Opera House, I felt my vision shifting. Loud shirts with open mouths decorated the chests of adolescent boys, gleaming buttons with colorful images of mushroom clouds were adorned on womens bright caps, and I almost ran into a group of people wearing garb of Hillary Clintons face behind bars.
It was an incredible climate of people on one side of me, there was a group of protestors standing together clutching signs that say Muslims are our friends, Make America gay again, and Black lives matter. On the other side were teen girls and boys wearing shirts that proudly declare MENINIST, families sporting caps that proclaimed Make America Great Again, and people who cheered at Trumps main talking points: trade, the wall, and get em out of here!
While I saw different heated conversations and minor scuffles throughout the day, nothing prepared me for capturing the photograph of Anthony Cage. I followed the sounds of screaming and sobbing, running on the heels of policemen when I saw Cage laying on the ground, blood in between his teeth and spots on the pavement. I knelt down, feeling pressure on my back and sides from people pushing me, and began photographing the chaotic scene.
To witness violence so closely, to see someone in pain, with only your camera as a means of defense brings up a mix of emotions. Even though I have read the articles, and seen the graphic footage from other Trump rallies, nothing could have prepared me for Cages eyes looking straight into the lens and witnessing pain emanating from his body.
I learned a lot the day of the Trump rally. I saw the danger from power grown in fear, hate, and ignorance, and how it affects people from all generations. But I also saw the strength of people, who chose to share space and were faced with hate, and did not waver from their mission to show those were not the values that defined their city
https://medium.com/@saraswaty/photographing-a-donald-trump-rally-st-louis-mo-c5465a689c5d#.fl8zns64g
About 50 photos in all
here is the first one.
https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2000/1*vR_8AaDGzb1wA0WHkZv_1w.jpeg
redwitch
(14,946 posts)Is it the opposite of a feminist?
Rex
(65,616 posts)If it involves Trump, I would go with bigot in training.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,027 posts)Wouldn't want to be "masculine", would they? Sounds vaguely French.
Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts)From the Urban Dictiolnary:
Meninism is a mockery of feminism and proves that we can't request equality without white men making everything about themselves.
"Oppressed" white guys think that feminism is a threat to their masculinity.
Hoppy
(3,595 posts)Nictuku
(3,616 posts)Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)for some reason it worked and went directly to the story but now goes to their front page.