{"id":56201,"date":"2016-11-05T15:50:41","date_gmt":"2016-11-05T14:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hipstography.com\/?p=56201"},"modified":"2016-11-05T16:03:01","modified_gmt":"2016-11-05T15:03:01","slug":"20th-anniversary-million-man-march-by-eric-easter-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hipstography.com\/en\/hipstographers-2\/20th-anniversary-million-man-march-by-eric-easter-2.html","title":{"rendered":"’20th Anniversary Million Man March’ by Eric Easter"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"eric-easter-million-man-march-portrait\"<\/a>Nom:\u00a0<\/strong>Eric Easter
\nHometown:<\/strong> Baltimore MD
\nResides:<\/strong> Washington DC
\nProfession:<\/strong> Documentary Producer\/Writer
\nHobbies:<\/strong> Photography, cooking, fishing, hiking, camping
\nHipstographer since:<\/strong> 2014<\/p>\n

Favorite Combo: <\/strong>\u00a0Tinto 1884\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/a> + \u00a0Ina's 1935\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\nFavorite Lens: <\/strong>\u00a0Helga Viking\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\n Favorite Film: <\/strong>\u00a0Blackeys Extra Fine\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/a>
\n Favorite Flash: <\/strong>\u00a0Apollo\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"I did not intend to shoot the Million Man March 20th anniversary rally<\/strong>. I run a news service that provides content to newspapers and magazines and had already hired writers and a photographer to cover it. But I live down the street from the National Mall so I went, mostly out of curiosity, and to give my kids some context for the first march, which I also attended.<\/em><\/p>\n

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I shot maybe 25 pictures total. With 500,000 people in one place, most using cellphones, batteries drain quickly. I posted the first few pics to Facebook then stopped because cell service was overloaded and posting took forever.<\/em><\/p>\n

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But when I got back home I saw a slew of messages from Facebook friends, most of whom are media and entertainment people, asking for more shots. The pics had also been shared quite a bit. A couple of hours later, I got a call from Dudley Brooks<\/strong>, the photo editor at Washington Post Magazine<\/strong>, saying that he had hired several shooters to cover the event, but mine were the only ones showing a different side of the march.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\t