16 Responses to Photos From National Equality March in Washington, DC

1. Jason Rosenbaum October 11th, 2009 at 6:15 pm «

   Stunning pics! Thanks!
2. Spencer Ackerman October 11th, 2009 at 6:16 pm «

   Inspiring. Thanks for documenting this.
3. Jim White October 11th, 2009 at 6:48 pm «

   Wow. October 11: March for love. September 12: March for hate.

   Thanks for these photos of Americans who care about one another.
4. Teddy Partridge October 11th, 2009 at 7:02 pm «

   Real teabaggers rule.
5. cbl October 11th, 2009 at 7:12 pm «

   Welcome to Firedoglake Ms Evry -

   your pictures are you are there fabulous.
   this one knocked me out

   thank you
6. Casual Observer October 11th, 2009 at 7:46 pm «

   No astroturf here, ladies and gentlemen. Two questions for Marta–what camera are you using, and were you able to get a sense of how many folks participated?

   I will be interested to see the village reaction to this march in comparison to the ‘turfers of a few weeks back.
• Marta Evry October 11th, 2009 at 8:14 pm «

  I was using 2 cameras today – a nikon D300 and a D90. I had a 18mm-200mm on the D90 and an 11-16mm on the D300.

  Crowd estimates are tricky. At one point we were near the park police and heard an estimate over one of their radios of 150,000 on the mall. And more marchers were streaming in at that point.

  Interestingly enough, I was taking photos from nearly the same spot I stood on the Mall for the Inauguration. So I did a bit of comparison – on the day of the Inauguration, the area between the Capitol building and reflecting pool held around 200,000. That same area was filled today, so I don’t think it would be unreasonable to place estimates anywhere between 150K and 250K.
• Casual Observer October 12th, 2009 at 7:49 am «

  So, ballpark, we’re looking at something like 5X the size of the ‘turfer march against the 21st century. Will the media coverage be commensurate? [/rhetorical]
• magicdog October 12th, 2009 at 11:10 am «

  How to know when photographers and inflating crowd sizes: Their pictures are taken with telephoto lenses. The reality was quite different. The marchers gathered on the West Lawn of the Capitol, and they didn’t even cover it. There were somewhere between 10,000 and 20,000 marchers, inflated by “straight allies,” including the Socialist Workers who printed most of the signs.
• Marta Evry October 12th, 2009 at 9:50 pm «

  Nice try.

  Other common “tricks” (and evidently the ones you used) is to

  A) Shoot as far away from the crowd as possible using a wide angle lens

  B) Shoot either before the marchers start arriving or after they’ve left

  Time magazine is putting crowd estimates at 200,000. I stand by my previous statement – the crowd was anywhere from 150K to 250K.

  Not bad for a bunch of kids, who managed to pull this off in less than 6 months, with a budget of around 200K
7. misterbee October 11th, 2009 at 8:07 pm «

   Great pics, as always. Is that Bill Rosendahl in the last one?
• Marta Evry October 11th, 2009 at 8:09 pm «

  Yes.
8. Casual Observer October 11th, 2009 at 8:10 pm «

   First photo–note that all the traffic lights are red. Nice visual metaphor.
9. Marta Evry October 11th, 2009 at 8:16 pm «

   Casual Observer,

   NICE! I hadn’t noticed the lights until you pointed them out (I’m up late processing 3,000+ images and I have an early flight tomorrow).
10. marcos October 12th, 2009 at 11:33 am «

    Here’s one:

    http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YGeU2nHmk9U/StKVrsJluqI/AAAAAAAADX8/ENrW5KoCHFA/s1600-h/HRC+building+vandalized.jpg

    1993: 1,000,000

    2000: 250,000

    2009: 50,000
11. atdleft October 12th, 2009 at 12:34 pm «

    Thanks for the pics, Marta!