Jack Conrad
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Must be some terrific photo opportunities these days on Wall St.. 😛
Anybody out there have some pics to share?
Anybody out there have some pics to share?
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dovi
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Huge amount of people with cameras
Huge amount of people with cameras
I never saw so many Mediun format cameras in one place outside of a camera store.
Huge amount of people with cameras
I never saw so many Mediun format cameras in one place outside of a camera store.
kbg32
neo-romanticist
I work near Wall Street 2 days a week, contract work for a photo agency on Broad Street. I hate it downtown. It is the one place in all of NYC that has no personality, no soul. Most everyone on the street is from somewhere else, tourists, workers. Thank goodness for the demonstrators. At least they add some character!
kbg32
neo-romanticist
Jack Conrad
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Thankyou, gentlemen. This is exactly what I'm asking for.
I would really love to be there with my MF's and every other camera I have, enjoying the amazing photo opportunities.
Regardless what spectrum one might think of this in a political sense, it's quite possibly a significant watershed moment in American history. History in the making.
Plus lotsa pretty girls that won't mind being photographed for posterity. Hehehe... 🙄
I would really love to be there with my MF's and every other camera I have, enjoying the amazing photo opportunities.
Regardless what spectrum one might think of this in a political sense, it's quite possibly a significant watershed moment in American history. History in the making.
Plus lotsa pretty girls that won't mind being photographed for posterity. Hehehe... 🙄
Jack Conrad
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kbg32
neo-romanticist
I am in total agreement with the protesters. Something has to be changed.
Steve M.
Veteran
I'm in agreement too, but have no expectations that anything will change. This isn't based on any ideology or politics, it's based on my own observations over many, many decades. There were more than 1000 times that many people in the streets of the US during Vietnam, and while a lot of people think that changed the tide of the war, it was more that the politicians woke up for a brief second and realized we could not win.
People don't change unless they have to. When you're talking about banks and other financial institutions, they're all about protecting their own, and they are relentless and tireless in pursuing their goals. I try to run my life where I have as little to do w/ the weasels as possible. That's about all I can effect.
People don't change unless they have to. When you're talking about banks and other financial institutions, they're all about protecting their own, and they are relentless and tireless in pursuing their goals. I try to run my life where I have as little to do w/ the weasels as possible. That's about all I can effect.
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Jack Conrad
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Yes, I support the Occupation as well.
I'm interested in the psychological effect this exercise might have on people. For those who are participating, I think it'll do them a world of good, if for no more reason than a sense of empowerment over their own and the worlds destiny.
Many of these folks have lost their jobs, or are saddled in student loan debt and can't find work, or have lost their homes to foreclosure.
Under those circumstances and in light of the economic scene these days, activism is probably good for them.
I suppose it beats laying around watching re-runs and popping Prozac.
I'd sure enjoy seeing more photo's by RFF's talented photographers though, regardless of their political bent.
I'm interested in the psychological effect this exercise might have on people. For those who are participating, I think it'll do them a world of good, if for no more reason than a sense of empowerment over their own and the worlds destiny.
Many of these folks have lost their jobs, or are saddled in student loan debt and can't find work, or have lost their homes to foreclosure.
Under those circumstances and in light of the economic scene these days, activism is probably good for them.
I suppose it beats laying around watching re-runs and popping Prozac.
I'd sure enjoy seeing more photo's by RFF's talented photographers though, regardless of their political bent.
jsrockit
Moderator
I work on Wall St. (regulation, and no, not the SEC) and photograph daily. However, it is hard to get away from all of the cliches... everyone's photos look the same from this event. However, at least it is being documented and distributed on the web.
And as someone who sees this protest every day, I don't think we are seeing a watershed moment. It's generally uneventful except on Saturdays...the day when no one is down here to see it. The Brooklyn Bridge march was smart... at least the media covered it. The rest of the time it's drum circles, people sleeping, people eating pizza, and a lot of signs that run the range from stupid to brilliant.
And as someone who sees this protest every day, I don't think we are seeing a watershed moment. It's generally uneventful except on Saturdays...the day when no one is down here to see it. The Brooklyn Bridge march was smart... at least the media covered it. The rest of the time it's drum circles, people sleeping, people eating pizza, and a lot of signs that run the range from stupid to brilliant.
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btgc
Veteran
If something has to be changed, our innocent hobby has to vanish as a byproduct of greedy evil industrialized civilization. Charcoal and stylus are not exhausting resources of planet...but be careful with charcoal drawings on rocks - you still need to burn trees to get it.
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