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Black Friday Protest – Occupy Seattle Walmart Protest

My work, photojournalism, Seattle, Still photography

Shot for Zuma Press. If you wish to license any of these images, please contact me or sales@zumapress.com

Today Occupy Seattle protestors joined up with protestors from Occupy movements in Bellingham, Everett, Tacoma and other cities to stage a Black Friday protest at Wal-Mart in Renton, Washington. There were a lot of Seattle photographers there but not too many members of the media, which sometimes does happen at these kinds of events. I shot some images on the iPhone using the Hipstamatic app and I also shot pictures with my usual workhorse camera, the Canon 5D mark II. See some of my Occupy Seattle Wal-Mart protest pictures below:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All photos copyright Seattle photographer David Ryder.

 

 

Occupy Seattle Blocks University Bridge in Rush Hour | Seattle Photographer

My work, Seattle, Still photography

Shot for ZUMA Press. If you wish to license any of these images please contact sales@zumapress.com.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Occupy Seattle Photos 11-15-11 | Seattle Photographer

My work, Seattle, Still photography

Shot for ZUMA Press. If you want to license these images please contact sales@zumapress.com.

November 15, 2011 – Seattle, WA – (Below) An Occupy Seattle protestor cries as she sits on the back of an ambulance after police sprayed her with pepper spray and pushed her backward with their bicycles. At least 150 Occupy Seattle protestors marched through downtown Seattle, stopped traffic, and clashed with dozens of police officers. They marched to support the Occupy Wall Street protestors who were cleared out of Zuccotti Park this morning in New York.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Occupy Seattle Photos – Police and Pepper Spray | Seattle Photographer

My work, Seattle, Still photography

Shot for ZUMA Press. If you want to license these images please contact sales@zumapress.com.

 

Wednesday was a chilly and rainy November evening but hundreds of Occupy Seattle protestors showed up to show opposition to Jamie Dimon’s visit to the Seattle Sheraton hotel, where he was speaking to the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business. Dimon is the CEO of JPMorgan Chase. Police showed up in force, with rubber bullets, paintballs and riot gear at the ready, but they only used pepper spray sporadically on the protestors. See some of my photographs below …

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Google Maps Photojournalism | Seattle Photographer

Google Maps, Other people's work, Published work, Seattle, Still photography, Tech stuff, Thoughts

Is this the new face of photojournalism? Google Maps is certainly part of the future of photojournalism, like it or not. (Related: See my Google Maps photo essay.)

Below is a screen shot of SeattlePI.com and you can see how they have utilized a Google Maps Street View image for reporting purposes. It’s very sad that a woman was shot and in this case an actual human photographer I think would be able to cover this story quite well, but instead we have a Google Maps image taking the place of traditional photojournalism. Of course I’m sure the SeattlePI.com journalists would agree that using a human photojournalist would be ideal – and seeing Google Maps in this story probably comes down to a case of budget constraints.

I’m actually surprised that I have not seen more Google Maps images in the press, but I am wondering how the readers are responding to this. Right now there are four comments on the story but they all relate to the rather shocking content of the story, not the use of a Google Maps image. My guess is that viewers/readers do not care one bit. They probably do care that the image presented is pretty boring, but that is not necessarily because it is a Google Maps image. There are plenty of pretty and interesting Google Maps images out there, but just like traditional photojournalism it takes time, energy and expertise to find those images.

For me, I really am intrigued by the use of Google Maps images for photojournalism, reportage and photo essays, but the image below isn’t exactly a good supporting argument. Aren’t I afraid of losing my job? Not really. I actually think that the more that Google Maps images pop up, the more that media consumers will realize that their lives are constantly under surveillance. For this reason, and others, I think folks will begin to remember why they love images made by real, empathetic, human photojournalists. There is something great that people love about images made by other humans, and the screen shot below can help with understanding that. However, as a photojournalist myself I’ve found that using Google Maps can be rewarding. Part of my graduate school capstone work included a Google Maps Street View photo essay.

 

Occupy Seattle Protest Photos | Seattle Photographer

My work, Seattle, Still photography

Shot for ZUMA Press. If you want to license these images please contact sales@zumapress.com.

This is a selection of images from the ongoing Occupy Seattle protests here in Seattle, Washington that are organized in conjunction with the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York. Protestors on Saturday, October 15 illegally set up 150 tents and stayed in Westlake Park until police finally removed them Monday morning.

 

UW Light Box Displays

Diversity, Graphic Design, My work, Other people's work, Published work, Seattle, Still photography, University of Washington

It was a great pleasure to finally see my work on the walls of Mary Gates Hall at the University of Washington last week, part of a light box installation that I designed and photographed over the summer. You might have seen periodic blog posts featuring the portraits and other photos I had been working on, which are now featured in the large 3′ x 5′ light boxes in the Center for Experiential Learning and Diversity. I shot most of the photos in the displays and designed the layout as well, which turned out to be a lot of fun. The Center approached me last spring because they were moving to a new office space and they wanted a bright, colorful, display with photos that featured a lot of natural light and outdoor scenes, while also telling the story of their programming and outstanding students. I think the project turned out amazing and I’m especially happy with the final quality of the printing. The detail and texture of a light box is really unique – something that I don’t often get to see with my photos.

Watching the Windermere Cup 2011

My work, Nature, photojournalism, Seattle, Sports, Still photography, University of Washington

Watching the Windermere Cup 2011 crew races on the Montlake Cut at the University of Washington. There were tons of dogs and families out this year enjoying the sun and the race festivities. The Husky men and women cleaned up, winning by almost too much in their races against opponents like Cambridge and Stanford.