Peace Springs Eternal
September 17th 2012 marks the first anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street Movement.
A variety of activities will take place in and around Wall St tomorrow.
I took these shots, a few the many, over the past twelve months. They are, with the exception
of the Syrian protesters, all centered in and around Zuccotti Park, aka Liberty Plaza, where all
sorts of people came together to protest, pray, sing, have a good time, rouse some rabble.
To arrest, be arrested and bailed out.
To fly flags of all colours.
To make friends, films and documentaries.
To make a change.
The only shots fired were those from cameras and all that burned were cigarettes and passions.
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Your pictures put me in the moment. Hope you get shots of the new Occupy occupation.
Great to have your company Tom!
Oh yeah, thanks for pointing me toward Youtube. A browser change and some tweaking I finally got it right.
My pleasure!
Nice shots, incredible
Adiós
Carlos
Hello dear Carlos! Beautiful day dawning here in the city!
dear Patti,
I’ll soon introduce you at wordpress again
– but there is a preview at tumblr:
http://a-to-z-archive.tumblr.com/post/31650717466/o-story-challenge
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You are so kind dear frizz, thank you so much for all your support!
what lovely eyes the muslim camera woman has
Isn’t she beautiful!
cool that it didn’t turn violent.
Thanks Joshi, there have been more than a few violent turns throughout the year’s activities but, all being relative, no guns etc etc. We all get to go home . . .
What a striking image of the camera-woman, and the old hippie too … all of them a lovely reminder of a movement for peace and equality. 🙂
Ouch on the “old” hippie!
It wasn’t a picture of you, surely? Ha ha ha – silly you 🙂
No! The “ouch” was on J’s behalf – I don’t think of him as old! 🙂
And i’m sure he isn’t! Just a (touchy) turn of phrase. Apologies to J. 🙂
Nice photos. Just saw an interesting BBC Panorama documentary yesterday about America’s poor.
Thank you CG. I am sure there is a BBC Panorama doc somewhere about Britain’s poor. . .
Perhaps, but this one was about America’s poor. American citizens that were at the bottom of the 99%. Very interesting documentary.
Will look out for it! At least in the UK we have the NHS.
These are very lively Patti. This last portrait is great!
Thank you so much Paula! J. does have a very generous smile.
And a cool hairdo 😉
I can’t say enough about how I admire your ability to work in situations like this where it would be so easy to be overwhelmed by all the activity / potential subject matter… I’d be too busy gawking to catch all the details you do such an incredible job of highlighting!
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Oh SiG, you say the nicest things! Some of the activity is indeed overwhelming but, strange to say, I am often surprised at the peace and calm I feel in these circumstances . . .
Very nice shots – I love how you manage to get the feeling of the occupation across by focusing on individuals. The first and last shots are absolute winners for me!
Richard, thank you! I was a little leery at first of posting some of the many fabulous faces of the occupation, for all sorts of wooly reasons . . .
Masterpiece photography Patti ,I love it 🙂
You are very kind, thank you Jake!
Fab shots Patti!
Thanks Madhu! Wonderful isn’t it where the urge to wonder takes us!
Inspiring images that invites everyone to make a difference. Amen to peace!
Thank you so much IT!