50 Portraits from Occupy Wall Street: After Hours and After Work →
What do you do? I’m a media strategist.
For what company? Abrams Research.
Dan Abrams? Yeah.
Dan Abrams! [Laughs.]
Fifteen hours (less three for sleep) later, this thing is finally done. It was, not to be hyperbolic, kind of an incredible experience. I’d be lying if I also didn’t say it was fun. We got to be a little playful with everyone down there, who were more than glad to oblige. I’d also be lying by omission if I didn’t confess to a certain amount of diminished cynicism in the wake of this. Not so much about the protest, but people in general. This was a great story to report, because people were expressing their frustration in the most kind way possible. That’s rarely if ever the case, though we definitely had a few skeptics.
Hey there, do you have a moment to talk? What affiliation are you? Right-wing? Left-wing?
Neither. We’re a small New York newspaper. We have a politically diverse newsroom, I think. [Blank stare.] Anarchist, I guess? Okay.
Also, apologies to Sheila for our photographer missing her sign, probably my favorite one there personal bias aside: it simply said, in large letters,
“WE
ARE
HERE.”
