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Thank you for posting the link. I was in high school when in 64 and very aware of what was going on. I started the university in 67 and started working as a photo journalist in 1968 and wo try Jed my way through college. I photographed many student anti war protests through my college days, 1967-71.
As to how to photograph the bar, if you have a tripod I’d try two things. I’d use something like a 20 or 24mm and crop the image to remove much of the ceiling which would create a more panoramic shot. I’d do it from a tripod stopping the lens down for increased depth of field.
If you’re shooting digital I’d use the tripod a level the camera then make a series of images that overlap about 40% and shoot a series to create a multi image panorama. It’s important to overlap about 40% and make the camera level in all axis. I’d then stitch them together in Photoshop or Lightroom and if you don’t have either just make prints and create a mosaic.
I’m not certain what camera you’re using but some like the Fuji X series will create 180 degree panoramas.
I have thousands of images of protests but have these on my phone at the moment and I’m out of state for the week. These were shot in that period of 68-71 and were pretty representative of what was happening on college campuses.
The student with his arm up being usher away was a Brazilian student who was arrested. The Nixon administration was concerned about Peter Kami starting a communist movement in universities and eventually had him deported back to Brazil. He was considered an agitator and communist and was tagged with the name Peter Commie.
