Occupy New Hampshire 9.19

On Wednesday evening, the Occupy New Hampshire group in Veteran's Park, Manchester, NH, were asked to leave. After a peaceful discussion with the police, several people decided to remain, in unity, within the park and receive summons--5 of them then decided to remain despite the violation, and were subsequently arrested.

The five who were arrested:

 

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Occupy New Hampshire 10.15.11

 

Occupy New Hampshire's day of action, on Oct. 15th in Manchester, NH,

leading up to the occupation of Victory Park.

The first march of the day along Elm St. in Manchester.

Marching past Wall St. in downtown Manchester.

Gathering in front of the banks downtown.

Creating signs in Veteran's Park.

An open forum for participants to express their frustrations on the current situation of our government and economy.

A brief lesson in non-violence for participants.

The final march of the evening to Victory park.

Arriving at Victory Park.

A poetry reading at sunset.

The small group which has set up tents in Victory Park in occupation, their numbers have since grown.

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Same day.

On 7.24.10, I took this random picture of a dead bird in Portland, ME. On 7.24.11 in Manchester, NH, as I was sitting and reading on my lunch break, a small bird being chased by a crow flew between my feet.  He sat there for about 20 minutes, until the coast was clear and I had shouted away the crow. I felt almost dumbfounded and found something entirely admirable in his choice.

I've been trying to think of what to do with all the photos from my cell phone, maybe it lies somewhere in correlations of dates such as this.

The perpetual backseat.

Meghan and Angela, Manchester, NH

Re-organizing history.

A couple of friends and I recently visited a flea market in rural New Hampshire. Among Italian sausages and a plethora of Nintendo paddles, we came across a box of photos which a woman had purchased from an estate sale. My instinct was to feel a tad awful at picking through some family's discarded history--one which I knew nothing of--but the inner, curious artist took over.  I chose a small collection of photographs (a blip of their history) based solely on visual aesthetics, which at first seemed an odd way to pick apart history, but then isn't that all that photography is anyway?

 

 

 

Mile Markers.

The three of us went to art school together, before we all split directions: Meghan went home to Florida, before settling in Portland; Anthony tried moving to Salt Lake City to study under a master painter, coming back home low on money, then leaving again; I ran away to documentary school as fast as I could and since then haven't sat still too long, usually only keeping in touch through postcards.

We all regrouped in Portland last winter for a few days, before Tony left again for the west. While looking at this image, I realized that the two of them have become a sort of mile marker for me. Despite my ability to disappear from contact, our friendship has become one of the main ways too trace distance, growth, and time both through my photography and life.

Anthony and Meghan, Portland, ME. 2011

Anthony, Manchester, NH. 2010

Meghan, Manchester, NH. 2009