Best of 2011
Finally found the time to sit down and finalize my “Best of 2011.” Selections are below, thanks for looking.
Singles:
(From South Sudan’s independence)
(From the Belmont Stakes)
(From a portrait series completed in South Sudan)
(From a feature story on a maternity ward in Juba, South Sudan)
(From the aftermath of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami. Second floor of an office building, 3 miles inland.)
(From the Egyptian revolution)
(From South Sudan’s independence)
(From a meeting between Mrs. Palin and Mr. Trump)
(From a refugee camp near the border of Sudan and South Sudan)
(From New York Fashion Week)
(From protests in Paris, France)
(From the aftermath of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami)
Story: Occupy Wall Street
Starting on September 17, 2011, people affiliated with the “Occupy Wall Street (OWS)” movement began protesting in New York City’s financial district. Within weeks, the movement had spread internationally, inspiring “tent cities” where protestors lived and staged marches, group conversations, street theater, music and other public events. Initially the movement was an outcry against corporate and political corruption, greed, unemployment and financial and social inequality, though it grew to encompass protests against war, environmental destruction and human rights abuses. OWS protesters called for radical policy change and a re-hauling of the political system. At the movement’s core, demonstrators affiliated with OWS claimed it was a non-violent movement, though violent actions were taken sporadically from both authoritarian figures and protestors. By the third month of the OWS movement, thousands of protesters had been arrested internationally. This body of work explores the OWS movement in New York in its entirety.
Story: Beyond Violence: The Egyptian Revolution
Starting on January 25, 2011, the people of Egypt rose up in protest against their government. The movement successfully toppled the dictatorship of President Hosni Mubarak in just 18 days, but instability continued throughout the year. Amidst the coverage of those first 18 days, the news media frequently focused on the most violent, graphic images demonstrating the most sensationalistic moments of the revolution. In contrast to that coverage, this body of work attempts to look at the quieter, more communal moments occurring during the February, 2011 chapter of the revolution. These are the moments beyond the violence.
Story: Aftermath of the Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami:
On March 11, 2011, a 9.0 undersea earthquake struck 45 miles off the northeast shores of Japan. The earthquake triggered a tsunami which destroyed hundreds of miles of coastline, as well as towns, businesses and homes. At it’s peak, experts say the tsunami reached a height of 124 feet; over 30,000 lives were lost in the disaster and at some points, the tsunami reached up to 6 miles inland from the coast. This body of work attempts to explore both the human and ecological aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami.
