While waiting (more than three hours) to get into the proper area of Grand Park, one of the volunteer walked around interviewing children and teenagers with his iPhone about Bernie Sanders. Unfortunately, by the time I put the right lens on to get this guy, the person on the left shifted over and blocked the phone from my view. Anyway, I liked his t-shirt.
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I don't know how these people were selected to stand behind Bernie as he spoke. They were to have the same effect image-wise as those who stand behind Trump when he has his rallies. They were not far, but they weren't as close as the zoom lenses give the impression they are. The media platform is quite a ways back, so every camera operator would have to zoom in, thus compressing the background crowd to make them look closer. In fact, I had to zoom in for this shot. I also have one where I zoomed in closer.
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And I am not ready for a Bernie hat or a bumper sticker (I get those emails as well). Bernie Sanders lit a fire under this country, and the voices heard were those of the younger generation, who will be inheriting the mess that the previous generations created -- including the current administration in Washington. They face a future of excessive student debt, inadequate to no healthcare, an environment threatened by climate change, hostile foreign regimes, an unstable economy with an equally unstable infrastructure, and the possibility of having no Medicare or Social Security. Bernie galvanized a whole generation, like the aging professor or benevolent grandfather, inspiring them to believe they have a voice in their own destiny.
And since the 2016 election, it is clear this country is in need of changes that will favor those less fortunate in terms of social and economic status. Bernie's old-school 1960s sensibilities hit the right notes for the current young generation, those at about the same age Bernie was when he first engaged in protests, some which got him arrested.
But, again, the jury is out. The lessons learned from 2016 are being put into practice for 2020, and it is obvious that the race for the White House will not be as cut-and-dried as people believed three years ago.
Nevertheless, you can now judge for yourself by clicking on the link below to my YouTube channel to see the first of a two-part video of Bernie's speech in L.A.:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWxSnRBNI1k&feature=youtu.be
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This table of blue Bernie t-shirts were pretty close to the other table. The owner of the setup probably didn't like the fact that I didn't want to buy a shirt, only photograph them, but, as I told him, I was out of cash by then.
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This was also shot shortly after Bernie began speaking to the crowd, at Grand Park in downtown L.A. on Saturday, March 23.
This is a frame capture from HD video using the Canon EOS Rebel T6 camera, with the Canon 75-300mm zoom lens.
You can see this same angle (and this same shot) by clicking on the link below to see the first of a two-part video of Bernie's speech in L,A.:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWxSnRBNI1k&feature=youtu.be
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