David Sorcher's PhotoWorld

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

People's Climate March

On Sunday, September 21, 2014 the People's Climate March became the largest environmental march ever, drawing 400,000 people into the streets of New York City to demand that world leaders begin to make real advances in stemming the tide of global warming. Hopefully you will forgive my slow posting of these images. I decided only a week before that i would really regret not documenting this historic event and did indeed need to be there. I was unable to find a media outlet in that short time and since i was not working on deadline and returned home to both paying work that took priority and an out of town wedding to attend the following weekend, finding the time to edit the nearly one thousand frames i shot that day was difficult at best. But this work is a labor of love…and hope. Still i don't feel that this gallery can possibly convey the scale and scope of this march or the determination and commitment of so many of those in attendance. Certainly history was made this day. What real effects the march might have remain to be seen, but the people, both here and in similar demonstrations around the world, have spoken. May our voices be heard…

(click on photos for an enlarged gallery viewing)

©David Sorcher 2014

I did remain in NYC for Monday's Flood Wall Street civil disobedience sit-down protest. About 3000 protesters had hoped to disrupted the stock exchange, though police sealed that off pretty well and the demonstration took place at the bottom end of Broadway around the famous and symbolic Wall Street bull. I will post these images in my next entry.

Thursday, September 25, 2014

Into the Woods ~ An Uncommon Commons

I've had the photos set up for this entry for some time, waiting for some fancy words to accompany them, but as is often the case i have been overwhelmed with new work and my backlog of the sadly unpublished grows denser every day. Had a wild weekend in NYC at the People's Climate March which should hopefully be showing up on these pages soon, but there is still a ton of stuff from my summer travels, from Nova Scotia, Starwood and even my trip to the West Coast back in June that hopefully i will find the time to post soon. In the meantime let me get this blog out to you since it has been started already and is chomping at the bit for some exposure.
These shots are from an afternoon hike on the Indian Path Commons, a love little patch of land set aside for conservation, hiking and enjoyment that is just a bit of a walk from my in-laws home in Nova Scotia.

Nova Scotia; Indian Path Commons; Water Lily

Nova Scotia; Indian Path Commons: Lichen; Fungus

Nova Scotia; Indian Path Commons; Pitcher Plant

Nova Scotia; Indian Path Commons; Dragonfly

Nova Scotia; Indian Path Commons; Fungus

Nova Scotia; Indian Path Commons; Insect

Nova Scotia; Indian Path Commons; Fungus; Mushroom