OccupyBoston - M. Scott Brauer - SocialDocumentary.net
A selection of my images from the Occupy Boston demonstrations has been featured on SocialDocumentary.net. I’ve gotten to know SDN founder Glenn Ruga since moving to Boston, where he’s also the executive director of the Photographic Resource Center, and he thought the images would be a good fit for the site.
You can see more images from Occupy Boston at my archive here: coverage of the Occupy Boston demonstrations
Hard Times at the Motel Caswell - M. Scott Brauer for the Wall Street Journal
I recently photographed an intriguing story for the Wall Street Journal. The article focused on a small, family-run motel in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, that is the center of a legal battle using federal asset forfeiture laws to seize private property. The laws were intended to be used to fight drug cartels, but conservative legal activists are targeting the motel–the cheapest place to stay for miles around–as a piece of property linked to crimes. The police are called to the motel periodically, mostly domestic violence and small drug offenses, and the legal challenge would use those small crimes to seize the property. The motel owner, whose father built the place in the 1950s, now stands to lose his business, despite not being charged with any crimes. You can read the story here. My pictures were used in print (including on the front page!), in a slideshow accompanying the article online, and at the Wall Street Journal’s photo blog Photo Journal (screenshot above). Thanks, as always, to Matt and the rest of the crew at the Journal’s photo desk.
Screenshot of BagNewsNotes Originals featuring M. Scott Brauer - Occupy Boston
I’ve been photographing the Occupy Boston demonstrations on and off over the past few weeks, and Michael over BagNewsNotes was interested enough in my images to feature and discuss one such picture, of a protester holding the “Don’t Tread on Me” Gadsden flag while protesting outside one of downtown Boston’s high-rises. The discussion hinges on what initially drew me to make the picture: the protester is using a flag most recently associated with the Tea Party movement and in so doing conflates big banks with oppressive government.
You can see more images of the Occupy Boston protests at my archive: Coverage of Occupy Boston
M. Scott Brauer for Education Week - Virtual Education Targets Rise of Autism - 17 August 2011
About a month after visiting DC for portfolio meetings, I got an email from Charlie at Education Week with my first assignment for the publication. For a story in a package on the use of technology in education for students with special needs, I photographed Jack Ursitti, a seven-year-old with autism who uses an iPad for language learning and leisure activities. I spent a couple of hours with Jack as he worked with a therapist and teacher at his home outside of Boston. The story is behind Education Week’s paywall, though you can see an excerpt here: Virtual Education Targets Rise of Autism
You can see more pictures from the shoot at my archive: Education Week – Jack Ursitti – Virtual Education Targets Rise of Autism or at the recent work section of this website: Outtakes: Education Week – Virtual Education Targets Rise of Autism
M. Scott Brauer for Education Week - For Muslim Students, Life Changed After Sept. 11 - 8 September 2011
I was happy to get a phone call a few weeks ago from Nicole at Education Week for an assignment in Rhode Island as part of the publication’s September 11th coverage this year.
You can read the story online at Education Week’s website: For Muslim Students, Life Changed After Sept. 11
More pictures from the shoot can be seen in my archive: Education Week – Shayreen Izoli – For Muslim Students, Life Changed After Sept. 11 or in the recent work section of my website: Outtakes: Education Week – For Muslim Students, Life Changed After Sept. 11