I never expected to be in Milwaukee for the RNC, but here I am. I always planed on photographing the DNC since it is taking place in Chicago. My feeling is that the DNC is going to be ugly, based on the rhetoric in Chicago, based on the anger at the city’s handling of the whole thing, and based on the large protest culture currently on the ground. So thinking about thrusting myself into the middle of it all made me just a bit nervous. My solution was to come to the RNC so that I would have a better idea how things might go. 

I dropped my dog Captain off at my daughter’s and drove the hour and a half to Milwaukee on Monday morning. The March on the RNC planned a press conference at 10, a rally at 11, and a march at noon. I had been approved for a press pass, so I needed to pick that up at 9. I left Chicago early enough to arrive by 8 because I had no idea what the city would look like in terms of blocked off streets and parking.