March on Washington, Washington DC, Leonard Freed, 1963, Vintage gelatin silver print, Gift of George Stephanopoulos.
This image captured in 1963, by George Stephanopoulos, shows the March on Washington. The image was captured at eye level and allows for the signs being carried to be barely readable. You can read enough of the words on the sign to get the point. The picture has a very crowded composition – This allows for the viewer to receive the full effect of what it must have been like at the march. Every section below the signs is filled with a person and a person behind that. The facial expressions also go a long way in showing the energy and seriousness.