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Post Athens

Posted in news, photography, Reportage, tagged #6dgr, Alexi Grigoropoulos, Athens, demonstration, Greece, Occupy, OWS, police, protest, riot, riots on 16-December-2011 | Leave a Comment »

Well, I’m back in cold and wet Seattle now! I flew in from Athens to Portland, Oregon last Friday and went straight for the coast to attend the birthday party of a very dear friend. I have to admit, there is a certain cachet in dropping into a weekend beach party direct from Athens … [...]

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Update from Athens

Posted in commentary, news, tagged Alexis Grigoropoulos, Athens, demonstrations, Exarcheia, Greece, Occupy, OWS, police, riots on 6-December-2011 | Leave a Comment »

Today is the big day in Athens and no one is really sure what is going to happen today. In 2009 and 2010 the demonstrations to commemorate the death of Alexis Grigoropoulos turned very violent very quickly. Everyone I have spoken with is unsure what will go down today. There are two main protests planned for [...]

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From LA to Athens

Posted in news, photography, Reportage, travel plans, tagged Athens, Exarcheia, Greece, journalism, photography on 2-December-2011 | Leave a Comment »

So I landed in Athens, Greece last night after a mad dash from LA to Seattle then on to Portland to catch my flight. Crazy, I know, but it’s the life I seem to be living at the moment. =) A quick recap on what I am working on here in Athens … I have [...]

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An Ugly Turn for #OccupyLA

Posted in commentary, news, photography, Uncategorized, tagged Los Angeles, Occupy, OWS on 2-December-2011 | 3 Comments »

Just the other day I posted about how impressed I was with both the LAPD and #OccupyLA. Well, LA has certainly taken an ugly turn over the last couple of days. On Wednesday night the LAPD overran the Occupy encampment that had taken root in the 1.7 acre park attached to the west side of [...]

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