Just Sayin'

Assignment: New York Times- Madison, Wisconsin Protests

For the last 2 weeks, minus a few days here and there, I have been on assignment for The New York Times covering the large protests and demonstrations that have been taking place at the State Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin. Huge crowds, at times reaching 70,000 to 100,000 people, have been protesting Governor Scott Walker and his “Budget Repair Bill.” It’s been huge news, the biggest thing happening in the US for 2 weeks now, which has been keeping me busy, not just for New York Times, but also for Wall Street Journal and Rolling Stone. Photographing this type of event can be exciting, at least for the first couple of days, then it becomes quite monotonous and you see the same thing every day, so visually it becomes difficult to continue making interesting and unique images.

I have put up some of those tearsheets from NYT, plus the Isthmus, a weekly publication here in Madison.

Also there are two slideshows online-

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2011/02/28/us/20110228_WISCONSIN.html

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2011/02/16/us/WISCONSIN.html

- Images from the protests are available for licensing for editorial purposes. If you are looking for images, please contact me.

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