It was a cold day and snowed the day before, but the sun was shining and hundreds of people gathered at the American Legion Mall in Indianapolis for the second annual Women's March on January 21, 2018.
This was the most exhilarating event I've witnessed. There was power, there was equality, there was so much love and I still can't believe that I was there to capture it.
I have always been inspired by people and events like this. I remember photos of early suffragettes and women's rights marches, civil rights protestors marching through the streets throughout the south. I can't believe that in 2018, we are still marching for human rights. Granted, these marches are nowhere near as violent and scary as they once were, but it is still a part of history and people will read about it and look at photos for years to come.
With this being the first time I've ever covered a protest, I wasn't entirely sure how I should go about taking photos. I didn't want to get photos of a bunch of signs or scene-setting pictures, so instead I captured the young and old faces, men and women, and the details of it all. I personally believe in equality of people and I had never been to something like this, so it was hard to not get swept up in all the action. I wanted to chant with the crowd and march, but I was there to be a journalist.
