Posts tagged as Photographs
The Last Photographs of Occupy Los Angeles
Late last night, the LAPD raided Occupy Los Angeles. More than 1400 police officers—about 15% of the city's officers—were used to arrest more than 200 people, leaving the encampment in a shambles. Teams of police wore hazmat suits and K-9 units swept the camp, looking for incendiary devices, which they did not find. The tactical approach, guided by LAPD Chief Charlie Beck on-site, involved eventually cordoning off City Hall Park and arresting everyone trapped inside. The operation was concluded by 3:30 a.m. READ MORE
Photographs from Occupy LA Early Today, with Shepard Fairey and Andrew Breitbart
Last night, Occupy Los Angeles was to be evicted. As the LA Times put it: "When the LAPD announced that it wanted the campers out by midnight Sunday, officials hoped many protesters would leave voluntarily. Instead, the deadline prompted hundreds of people to converge on the area." Although the police arrested a few people for blocking the streets early this morning, they did not in the end evict the encampment at City Hall Park. READ MORE
Photographs from the New High Line Park, Open Today
You can see all sorts of things today for the first time on the new upper stretch of the High Line, which runs from 20th to 30th streets—from a great view into Marianne Boesky's Deborah Berke-designed house/gallery to children frolicking to some very good-looking people. Also, a top-notch plant. Also! The best (aka "fastest") place to get your car inspected in New York City: right at the corner of 10th Avenue and 26th Street. (Also a scary art installation below.) Spotted last night: people actually eating berries off bushes. I hope they feel okay today? READ MORE
Bilgewater: The Cat Mascot of the Coast Guard Academy, 1944
"Sailors and cats have a special relationship that dates back thousands of years." READ MORE
Rosal Colon, Broadway Actress
Tell me about your job.
I come from a pretty interesting theater background—my parents started Pregones Theater which is one of the foremost Latino theater companies in New York. I was born into that, and so I became a very active member in it, we're now in our 30th year. I studied drama at a performing arts high school and after that decided to pursue the craft a little more seriously and went to SUNY Purchase for their acting conservatory. I got out and started auditioning, working a lot with Pregones, doing readings here and there. I eventually booked a great Broadway job with "A Free Man of Color" at Lincoln Center. That was in September of last year. I was cast in the original production at the Public Theater, but it was dropped, and then it got picked up again, we did a workshop of it about a year and a half ago, and it got picked up for the Lincoln Center. It was a wonderful experience, getting to work with Jeffrey Wright, Justina Machado, Paul Dano, Mos Def and some really great people, and a wonderful playwright and a wonderful director. It was a really wonderful learning experience and a nice catapult into the business.
How have things changed for you since being on Broadway?
READ MOREIn Madison: Scott Walker Packed His Budget Address With Ringers
Wisconsin governor Scott Walker's budget address was delivered beneath a dead and stuffed eagle. His address made commitments to a better educated Wisconsin, even while offering almost guaranteed decreased funding of the state's schools. He criticized the state's wasteful use of "our tobacco settlement," and then minutes later praised, for his "bold new ideas and strong leadership," former Republican Tommy Thompson—the state's key architect of that tobacco settlement spending. READ MORE
Sasha Weigel: Doula and Midwife in Training
Tell me about your job.
I was traveling in Thailand, working in a hospital about three years ago. I got to see the maternity ward there and some births and it basically changed the course of my life. When I came back I became an EMT and I started assisting births—not as an EMT, totally separate. Suddenly I was launched into the medical world and I became a Doula, which is a certified birth assistant, and now I am studying to become a midwife. To become a Doula you go through a six-month certification process and it's basically an emotional and psychological support system for the mother. It differs from a midwife in that a midwife is actually birthing the baby, catching the baby—it's hands on. A Doula never has to put gloves on, but she'll be there suggesting visualizations and breathing techniques and position changes, providing support, being there for the mother. Whatever the mom requires, the Doula is there for her. It's a very intuitive dance, the mother is not going to be able to always express in words what she really needs. Keeping her busy is key.
What was it about the maternity ward in Thailand that got you hooked on birthing?
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