Photographing the Photographer

Paying Homage to Zuccotti Park


A trio of photographers photographing something in the periphery of Zuccotti Park

I just had to do this … visit Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan where Occupy Wall Street happened. It’s a small nondescript ‘in the middle of a concrete jungle’ park, a block away from the World Trade Center area. It’s a wonder how it was able to accommodate thousands of occupiers.

No occupiers are there now. I suppose there might be stragglers, there are a few people milling about with leaflets and stuff, one even had a sign – ask me all about Occupy Wall Street, but they looked like they were hucksters, really, not the real occupiers.

It is cold there, because it is under the shadows of tall buildings and also of the tunneling effect on the air/wind flow. But come spring, it might be full of occupiers again.

Taoist Temple


Tourist photographing the scenery around the Taoist Temple in Cebu, the Philippines

The province (and city) of Cebu in the Philippines has a substantial Chinese community, so it is just fitting that they built a temple for workship back in 1972. The temple has become a tourist destination because it is open to worshippers and non-worshippers alike. Also, the temple is built on a hill, about 300 meters above sea level, so the view from above is spectacular.

If you are ever in Cebu, it is well worth a visit.

Singing in the streets


Photographing on the median

At the beginning of this year, a Korean-led church “occupied” part of Michigan Ave. to serenade pedestrians and motorists with evangelical songs.

I have no connection with them, I just happened to be there and the young photographers running back and forth to the median caught my attention. Of course.


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