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When I started shooting the Movement, after George Floyd killing, I always heard music in the background 'cuz all the marches always had music: from Mahalia Jackson [...] in the 60s, Miriam Makeba singing about freedom and Sam Cooke bringing the Gospel, [bring?] music.

So, when I was in Washington Square Park, and I see this man playing the bass - which is a cool instrument - and he had a fierce expression and a fierce- his mouth was expressing himself, and I thought expressed the rage at the moment. And I thought I should capture that: the fiery open eye, open mouth... man playing a cool instrument as a bass. You know: the *thum-thum-thum* versus a *HA-a-a-ah!*

So, that's what I felt, and that's what I will to be present.

Washington Square Park, Manhattan, New York - Jun 30, 2020

Patrick Cherilus

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Patrick Cherilus
Patrick Cherilus
Patrick Cherilus
Jun 30, 2020
Washington Square Park, Manhattan, New York

Patrick Cherilus

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When I started shooting the Movement, after George Floyd killing, I always heard music in the background 'cuz all the marches always had music: from Mahalia Jackson [...] in the 60s, Miriam Makeba singing about freedom and Sam Cooke bringing the Gospel, [bring?] music.

So, when I was in Washington Square Park, and I see this man playing the bass - which is a cool instrument - and he had a fierce expression and a fierce- his mouth was expressing himself, and I thought expressed the rage at the moment. And I thought I should capture that: the fiery open eye, open mouth... man playing a cool instrument as a bass. You know: the *thum-thum-thum* versus a *HA-a-a-ah!*

So, that's what I felt, and that's what I will to be present.

When I started shooting the Movement, after George Floyd killing, I always heard music in the background 'cuz all the marches always had music: from Mahalia Jackson [...] in the 60s, Miriam Makeba singing about freedom and Sam Cooke bringing the Gospel, [bring?] music.

So, when I was in Washington Square Park, and I see this man playing the bass - which is a cool instrument - and he had a fierce expression and a fierce- his mouth was expressing himself, and I thought expressed the rage at the moment. And I thought I should capture that: the fiery open eye, open mouth... man playing a cool instrument as a bass. You know: the *thum-thum-thum* versus a *HA-a-a-ah!*

So, that's what I felt, and that's what I will to be present.

Washington Square Park, Manhattan, New York - Jun 30, 2020
Patrick Cherilus

When I started shooting the Movement, after George Floyd killing, I always heard music in the background 'cuz all the marches always had music: from Mahalia Jackson [...] in the 60s, Miriam Makeba singing about freedom and Sam Cooke bringing the Gospel, [bring?] music.

So, when I was in Washington Square Park, and I see this man playing the bass - which is a cool instrument - and he had a fierce expression and a fierce- his mouth was expressing himself, and I thought expressed the rage at the moment. And I thought I should capture that: the fiery open eye, open mouth... man playing a cool instrument as a bass. You know: the *thum-thum-thum* versus a *HA-a-a-ah!*

So, that's what I felt, and that's what I will to be present.

Jun 30, 2020

Washington Square Park, Manhattan, New York

Patrick Cherilus
Read Transcript
Patrick Cherilus
Patrick Cherilus
Jun 30, 2020
Washington Square Park, Manhattan, New York
Patrick Cherilus
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