2011 was a year tainted and celebrated with public protests, demonstrations and revolutions across the globe. In the Middle East civilians gave their lives for democracy while 99% of the western sphere tested it’s veracity by occupying key public spaces.
When the Occupy movement began in Vancouver on October 15th 2011, Canadians, immigrants and the indigenous gathered in the center of downtown to voice their opinion against the forces of capitalism and corporate greed that govern their society.
After the sunset, the crowds dispersed, but the dedicated remained and occupied this space through rain and shine for the next 41 days despite various legal attempts to evict them.
As someone who grew up in Dubai where protests and political expression are forbidden, my inspiration to document the Occupy Movement was fueled by the juxtaposition of capitalist and democratic expression in the same space and a desire to document a zeitgeist that resembled my ideals of the 60s.
