Tuesday, October 31, 2006

SEIU march 10.28

I don't mind being behind the camera. I enjoy it, actually. Constantly composing, reaching for the right angle, capturing that ephemeral truth before it's gone.

But I look into the tired eyes of the older women janitors and see my mother and I want to put the camera down and join them. My feet pounding again and again on the pavement in unison with theirs. The beat of my heart quickened to their pace. The momentum of the whole pushing us inexorably forward. Raising our voices high, loud, angry:

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