ASSIGNMENT FOUR - Occupy Wall Street began on September 17, and I was on that first march to Zuccotti Park. Since the occupation began, news coverage and public perception of the protesters (or whatever more appropriate term applies) has fluctuated and varied, but I wanted to portray a less common side of Occupy Wall Street. Instead of only focusing on the major events — the marches, the arrests — that were already being covered, I told the story of the beginning and growth of the community on the occupied Wall Street. After that first day, I went back on Day Five, then Day Nine to follow up. These photos include that first march, then show the slow organization of the main encampment. It’s not a traditional story arc, with an end (or even a middle). It just has a beginning, and points to a possible direction this story may go.
