Informal Gathering of Heart (18 images)

"...Maclellan's work gives an honest sense of how a serendipitous mix of characters created an authentic vision of how, when social barriers are overcome, real community can be brought into existence." ('Occupy Windsor Text' by Paul Chislett)

Chislett and MacLellan are collaborating on a 'book dummy' about Occupy Windsor. O.W. started on 15 October 2011 as did nearly 80 other 'Occupies' around the world. The O.W. tent camp portion lasted until early December. O.W....
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"...Maclellan's work gives an honest sense of how a serendipitous mix of characters created an authentic vision of how, when social barriers are overcome, real community can be brought into existence." ('Occupy Windsor Text' by Paul Chislett)

Chislett and MacLellan are collaborating on a 'book dummy' about Occupy Windsor. O.W. started on 15 October 2011 as did nearly 80 other 'Occupies' around the world. The O.W. tent camp portion lasted until early December. O.W. members since then have been meeting and making plans for 'Occupy Windsor 2.0'--the structure, shape and form of which has yet to be determined.

The perspective of this personal essay is that of a man with thirty years experience photographing protests, who thought he had seen everything and was inspired when he took, for him, a much closer look and went beyond the signs and politics.

Douglas MacLellan
24 January 2012
Windsor, Canada
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