Occupy Wall Street (United States, 2012)
Following the economic crisis, the protest movement of Occupy Wall Street arose in New York in 2011 in opposition to the greed in the financial sector and the gap between rich and poor. The mass media characterised the protest as the work of extremists, punks, anarchists, and criminals with a vague set of demands. The Ukrainian photographer Sasha Bezzubov wanted to show that the demonstrators came from diverse walks of life to make clear how widespread the support for the protests was. As such, he illustrates the sheer depths of discontent with the financial sector and the extent to which the various economic problems affect a large majority of the population.
