The Blog Novice

Today marked another milestone for my participation in Occupy Chicago. I have become more involved than I ever thought since hearing about Occupy Wall Street’s pepper spray incident. My interested in this movement started off very casually. I wanted to see what was going to be the outcome of that N.Y. police officer. Each day, the news of Occupy Wall Street grew and I became more interested in following their progress. My next stage of advancement came from having a conversation outside of school with another photographer about Occupy Chicago. I remember him saying, “This is history.” I agreed. And what a great moment if I could document Occupy Chicago from its infancy. ?The next day, I went out to Jackson and LaSalle to start taking pictures. Then their was the October … Read entire article »