Ted Soqui's Occupy L.A. Image Inspires Shepard Fairey TIME Cover
Soqui photographed 25-year-old Sarah Mason of Occupy L.A., on Nov. 17 just before she went inside a downtown Bank of America to be arrested.
Ted Soqui doesn’t live in Echo Park. He lives in mid-Wilshire. But when I spoke to the frequent LA Weekly photographer late Wednesday afternoon he was in Echo Park at Mohawk Bend having a drink. He was celebrating the now public news that artist Shepard Fairey of Echo Park's Subliminal Projects used one of his photos to create the cover for TIME’s 2011 Person of the Year issue, honoring "The Protester.” Soqui’s photo is of Sarah Mason, a 25-year-old Highland woman who, according to LA Observed, spent many nights at Occupy L.A. Soqui captured Mason on Nov. 17 outside the Bank of America on Grand downtown where, according to the LA Weekly, she was arrested along with others who went inside to protest. "I think it it's great that Los Angeles …
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Anthea Raymond
10:43 am on Friday, December 16, 2011
Awesome -- Thank you for sharing. Can you tell us more about the circumstances? more ›