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05-01-2012
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May Day General Strike
So RFFers, did you go out and capture the various demonstrations around the world? Share your work! I was here in NYC...
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Damaso, is your posting on FB also from May Day? Both nice images.
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05-01-2012
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Yup. It's been a while since I was out in the thick of it. Don't think I miss it much...
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I lost interest anymore. Protests like this achieve absolutely nothing besides financial damages to the cities and taxpayers. The world won't change a bit just because of some people smashing a few windows.
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I wonder how long it will take before this thread gets hijacked into a political debate then gets deleted?
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Nice shot though.
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05-01-2012
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So I guess nobody else was out and about shooting today!
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05-01-2012
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i was too busy at work...things are crazy there lately.
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I was working as well. It's been a long time since I was an idealistic (and clueless) student, and even then, my studies didn't allow me time for such nonsense.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Frontman
I was working as well. It's been a long time since I was an idealistic (and clueless) student, and even then, my studies didn't allow me time for such nonsense.
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It's a tough job being an up and coming Master of the Universe, Huh? |
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I've got a roll waiting for me to develop it, but I've a bit of a back catalog from shooting union stuff in this last month (11 rolls in one month, but that's probably small time for some of you guys). Hopefully I can get it done this weekend
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I went out in Philly for a bit. Got a few shots, films getting developed.
It was just a small crowd with an overwhelming number of police on bikes and paddy wagons.
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no may pole dancing here, as far as i know. too hot anyway. 92F ...
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i seek to photograph the things not seen.
" ... faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen." Hebrews 11-1
"One eye sees. The other eye feels." - Paul Klee
"... For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal." - apostle Paul, 2 Corinthians, 4:18
"Film will only become art when it's materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper." - Jean Cocteau
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Actually, no. While I'm in full sympathy w/ the protestors, here in Daytona Beach there just isn't too much to demonstrate against. Oh, the economy could be better, but it's warm, the air is clean, the water is great, and the beaches are crowded. You can always catch crabs or fish off the piers (or just cast a net out in the surf), and the locally grown fruit and vegetables are delicious, cheap and plentiful. So, capitalists or no capitalists, life is sweet.
La dolce vita.
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So I guess nobody else was out and about shooting today!
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It would have been less of a fun little vandalism rampage if the police were. |
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Went to Occupy Oakland for the May Day Strike, they were teargassing people and when I got there, 60+ police was arresting one lone protester. What were they talking at KQED radio on the way up? "Oakland protest may delay traffic..." o.O
(yes, photos forthcoming - film XPan panoramic for today)
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05-02-2012
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Quote:
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It's a tough job being an up and coming Master of the Universe, Huh?
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It is enough to be the master of my own destiny. |
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Quote:
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I was working as well. It's been a long time since I was an idealistic (and clueless) student, and even then, my studies didn't allow me time for such nonsense.
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Sorry to hear that life was so rough for you. 
As for me, I tried to go out during lunch a little. Suprisingly, not much action in the Wall St area. |
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05-02-2012
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Richard Man
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May Day Oakland protest, see more at
http://www.richardmanphoto.com/blog/?p=3675
I used my Hasselblad XPan II and not my Leica M9 so I won't show the images here :-) Actually, the first image on the blog post was taken with the M9, but in Nov 2011:
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05-02-2012
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From the Philadelphia Occupy event, before the massive amount of police showed up.
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05-30-2012
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May Day Oakland protest
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Nicely done! |
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05-30-2012
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Damaso
So RFFers, did you go out and capture the various demonstrations around the world? Share your work! I was here in NYC...
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I missed the start of this thread as I was in Cuba on May 1st photographing "La Marcha" or the Workers Day March and festivities at Plaza de Revolucion. I was interviewed by a Russian TV news crew because I was American. I had to tell them that I was only a photographer and not someone making a political statement. I did meet the folks from the Havana School of Creative Photography where I may teach a workshop later this year.
It is hard to convey the thought that there were 200,000 workers in La Marcha with every workers group represented. This is a happy celebration, certainly not a protest.
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05-30-2012
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May Day NYC...
From their Expressions... I should have YELLED 'May Day, May Day' 
though I did ask by Gesturing with my Camera & hand if I could take their Photo...They Nodded and Complied
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05-30-2012
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Forgot to Mention .... 'Didjiman' : I Adore your Photo...Gives me the Goosebumps...So CINEMATIC ! |
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05-30-2012
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well, there you go: a concise statement of what the "movement" is all about.
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i seek to photograph the things not seen.
" ... faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen." Hebrews 11-1
"One eye sees. The other eye feels." - Paul Klee
"... For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal." - apostle Paul, 2 Corinthians, 4:18
"Film will only become art when it's materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper." - Jean Cocteau
http://blackcreekjournal.blogspot.com/
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