Protests - SB Hopper

Out of the Shoebox: One more then move on

I got fixated on the images from the anti-sharia protest in Seattle in June 2017. I'm not sure why. It's probably a combination of things: I didn't look at them closely at the time, the content seems relevant to this strange loop we're in, and I'm procrastinating on something else.

Out of the Shoebox

Out of the Shoebox: Southwest corner of Tactical and WTF

Out of the Shoebox

Out of the Shoebox: Simmering, not quite a boil

It's good to be honest about our weaknesses. I have a lot to be honest about. I am hopeless when it comes to sorting through photos. I am easily distracted. In June 2017 I took photos at a protest in Seattle. I can't remember the details, but I think it

Out of the Shoebox

Out of the Shoebox: One More Month

It's been a strange four years. One more month of the Trump administration. Can we bridge this awful divide? Seattle, May 2017.

Out of the Shoebox

Protest Dog

I get distracted by dogs. Working my way through some photos, trying to organize and keyword. It's a losing battle, but sometimes it pays dividends. 1 May 2017, Seattle.Awesome dog. What do you reckon? No longer a pup, not quite an adult? 3+ years on - I wonder if

Photojournalism

The rearview mirror

I'm racing against the clock on this post. If I don't make it, there will be calamitous repercussions, the likes of which this apartment has not seen in at least several hours. AKA there will be an extra series of f-bombs and gawdammits uttered. I was going through the archive

On the Streets

On the Streets: Sirens beckon

Sirens and bangs have returned to Capitol Hill. On 22 September it sounded like the police turned every siren on in the city. I was working on some stuff at home and thought there must have been a 10 alarm fire somewhere. It's always hard to tell where sounds are

Activism

March For Our Lives Seattle

On Saturday 24 March 2018, tens of thousands* of people marched in Seattle in support of a nation-wide, student-led effort to demand that steps be taken to end gun violence. Their efforts and the marches were inspiring to follow and photograph. I can’t remember anyone so effectively challenging the

Fujifilm X Series

In Focus: We see things differently

Protest, Seattle Tacoma International Airport, 28 January 2018. (Fujifilm XT2: ISO 2000 / f2.8 / 1/60th.) I can’t remember if I ever posted this image. When I moved from WordPress to Squarespace the transfer brought with it a lot of drafts that I’d forgotten about. It’s possible

Anti-racism

A Tense August 2017

The Patriot Prayer group held a rally on 13 August 2017 at Seattle’s Westlake Park. It was bound to be a tense day even on a normal Pacific Northwest weekend. But this was not a normal weekend. On Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia, James Alex Fields killed Heather Heyer when

Black Lives Matter

Black Lives Matter, Seattle, 9 July 2017

On Sunday 9 July 2017, people marched through Capitol Hill, Seattle, in support of Black Lives Matter. I didn’t know about the march until I noticed police motorcycles blocking the intersection at Broadway and Mercer. I grabbed my camera and took some photos of participants delivering impromptu remarks just

Activism

Seattle: Boom town (with side effects)

Breaking news – Seattle is booming. The anecdotal evidence is compelling: cranes dot the skyline, new apartments and condos are going up on every other block, and tech firms are hiring like mad. The Emerald City is also doing well in the press, a progressive hub on a Northern California – Pacific

Fujifilm

On the Streets: Speaking Up

The past few weeks I have taken photos at several protests and demonstrations. I got some shots over the Inauguration weekend that don’t fit into a cohesive narrative. Not in the sense that the protests were disorganized, but because I was moving around a lot and took photos of

Civil Rights

Seattle: Women's (Womxn's) March

On Saturday 21 January 2017, the day after the inauguration of President Donald Trump, women and their allies poured into Seattle’s Judkins Park to muster for the Women’s (Womxn’s) March, a 3.6 mile walk of protest and solidarity. I started walking to Judkins from Capitol Hill,