Gray Panthers Signal For Help

San Francisco 1971

The only time that I can remember feeling threatened (in the USA) while photographing an event, was in San Francisco. The Gray Panthers were protesting in front of City Hall and I felt very nervous around them. They were the most militant group I had ever witnessed. They were old and going for it. They had nothing to lose. I thought that when the time comes, my generation with all of its protest experience is not going to be ignored like the Panthers seemed to be.