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   ectoplasmosis:

   Extraordinary portraits of the human beings who make up Occupy Oakland by photographer JR, who says:

   Let’s use art to turn OCCUPY OAKLAND inside out. The strength of Occupy lies in the fact that a professor, a laborer, a student, an immigrant, the unemployed, and a business owner can stand together demanding change. We will line the streets of Oakland with large scale portraits that highlight the diversity of Occupy.

   I am particularly struck by the intensity of each subject’s personality, which is something I have noticed in other photographs from Occupations: it is as if these people are most truly themselves when gazing out from a principled position, which is really no surprise, I guess.  I have to fight the urge to romanticize and fictionalize them—they are not concept art, nor are they plucky rebel fighters from a post-apocalyptic film.  They are really doing it—they are really going out and breathing tear gas and catching rubber bullets, batons and grenades, and they’re doing it to prove a point.

   It’s a good point, too.

   Inside Out Project [Facebook]

   Inside Occupy Oakland [Flickr | more photos here]

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   • inside out project

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       LOVE these portraits. Just beautiful. ectoplasmosis:

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       This, I approve so much! x

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       Ok good idea in theory but I also see a lotta white folks with face paint, Mohawks, feathers. Occupy? Surely.

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