C'est dangereuse!
"Il faut pas être avec les journalistes! C'est dangereuse!"
- security guard at Sègoléne Royal's public meeting in Paris to the father of a 7-year-old boy who'd managed to work his way up to the front of the crowd with the photogs.
Last night was the best job I've ever done shooting politics (I'll share some edits soon-- successful use of a telephoto lens! Yes! Actually, a couple of them look strikingly similar to the photos here so I'm wondering which of the guys to my right was working for Paris Link. And when I say 'guys', I say it because I noticed I was the only female photographer at the front on my side of the stage.) and the most fun I've ever had doing it. I was tough, fought with and eventually ingratiated myself with French security guards (one of whom let me use his shoulder as a monopod for my telephoto lens!), and Sego wasn't nearly as bad of a public speaker as I expected her to be. Also, today I saw that her quote that stood out to me from the night ended up being the pull quote on her campaign website which made me feel good about understanding her speech even though I was distracted and I'm still struggling with French:
"La France ne demande pas aux citoyens d'où ils viennent, mais où ils veulent aller ensemble."
She was talking about her idea of France and the future, and she said that France doesn't ask its citizens where they come from, but where they want to go together. I liked that. I did understand most of the conversations around me, also, and laughed at a cheesy joke someone made "Think you could move a little bit to the left? Everyone here likes the left.." Hm. No wonder I was the only one who snickered.
The French word for this thing was "meeting", but I think it was more like a rally. After it was over, I pushed my way with the huge crowd onto the Métro (it was a Socialist political rally. Of course everyone took the Métro. Those who didn't bike there, anyway.) and it was a really fun Métro ride. One of my favorites yet.
Sorry, this one was supposed to be short. I've got an exposé tomorrow I should prepare for, and I really only wanted to make a post with the opening quote, which translates "He really shouldn't be with the journalists. It's dangerous!"
- security guard at Sègoléne Royal's public meeting in Paris to the father of a 7-year-old boy who'd managed to work his way up to the front of the crowd with the photogs.
Last night was the best job I've ever done shooting politics (I'll share some edits soon-- successful use of a telephoto lens! Yes! Actually, a couple of them look strikingly similar to the photos here so I'm wondering which of the guys to my right was working for Paris Link. And when I say 'guys', I say it because I noticed I was the only female photographer at the front on my side of the stage.) and the most fun I've ever had doing it. I was tough, fought with and eventually ingratiated myself with French security guards (one of whom let me use his shoulder as a monopod for my telephoto lens!), and Sego wasn't nearly as bad of a public speaker as I expected her to be. Also, today I saw that her quote that stood out to me from the night ended up being the pull quote on her campaign website which made me feel good about understanding her speech even though I was distracted and I'm still struggling with French:
"La France ne demande pas aux citoyens d'où ils viennent, mais où ils veulent aller ensemble."
She was talking about her idea of France and the future, and she said that France doesn't ask its citizens where they come from, but where they want to go together. I liked that. I did understand most of the conversations around me, also, and laughed at a cheesy joke someone made "Think you could move a little bit to the left? Everyone here likes the left.." Hm. No wonder I was the only one who snickered.
The French word for this thing was "meeting", but I think it was more like a rally. After it was over, I pushed my way with the huge crowd onto the Métro (it was a Socialist political rally. Of course everyone took the Métro. Those who didn't bike there, anyway.) and it was a really fun Métro ride. One of my favorites yet.
Sorry, this one was supposed to be short. I've got an exposé tomorrow I should prepare for, and I really only wanted to make a post with the opening quote, which translates "He really shouldn't be with the journalists. It's dangerous!"
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