"Freedom is something that dies unless it's used." - Hunter S. Thompson
To fully understand something you have to live it and breathe it. I guess you could say I have been in the trenches for the past year, physically battered and mentally bruised. I’ve seen things and met people that have altered my way of thinking and opened my mind exponentially. I’ve smashed a few flashes, been run over by fleeing mobs, struck by police batons, slept on cardboard to diffuse the cold concrete, surfed couches, rode on day long over-packed bus journeys, marched through torrential rains and sweltering temperatures, and even found myself arrested.
These images are a part of a larger body of work - Love and Rage - where as an embedded photographer I documented Occupy Wall Street daily - leading up to the one-year anniversary on September 17, 2012. I have launched a kickstarter to assist in an independent self-publication of this work.
Love and Rage chronicles this unique period of US history; from protests and civil disobedience to the more personal moments, conversations, and comradery that erupted in communities across the country.
