The final protest November 5, 2004

The final entry (for now) on protest. I had to take a day away from this site to reflect and am all better now. Still, not happy. For the moment, let’s focus on the lighter side of things: sorryeverybody.com reminds us that it was still a close race.
This photo is technically flawed, but it does capture the protest on the Dam very well for me. A lot of movement, a lot of noise. The sign reads “if you really can’t live with something, shoot yourself.” That could be mis-interpreted in many ways, but no one challenged her. I guess that was the point of the protest: say whatever you want.
Category: protest
i think it’s the movement in this that makes it such a strong shot: she is an island of earnestness in the crowd. and it IS a bit difficult to translate, that placard. it sounds more drastic in english, for some reason, than it does in dutch…
anyway, onno: super series!