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Paul Davey is a Zimbabwean born photographer, graphic designer and writer based in London. Through the eyes of a sceptic who would like to be better informed, Faces of Occupy aims to unearth the motivations and beliefs of ordinary activists, hangers-on and leading protagonists in London’s Occupy movement using photographic portraits and a standardised interview format where the same questions are answered by each Occupier.

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The Faces of Occupy: Malcolm

(3) Comments | Posted 14 April 2012 | (01:00)

Malcolm
Malcolm

I have been struggling a little with this blog. Over the past couple of weeks I have visited Occupy's Finsbury Square camp several times and each time have returned home disappointed with the pictures and the interviews.

I decided on a...

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The Faces of Occupy: Stephen R Moore

(2) Comments | Posted 12 April 2012 | (01:00)

The camp at Finsbury Square seems to have changed a little. Familiar faces are missing, and one rickety shelter I watched being constructed only two weeks or so ago, near the kitchen tent, has been demolished - whether by accident (it was waiting to happen) or design I couldn't establish....

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The Faces of Occupy: Andria

(5) Comments | Posted 27 March 2012 | (01:00)


"You cannot establish an organisation that inevitably attracts the homeless and addicted and then absolve yourself of the responsibility of looking after them. We need help."

Andria
Andria

I have written before about the divisions within the Occupy movement. If one spends...

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The Faces of Occupy: 'Daddy, He Pushed Me!'

(2) Comments | Posted 24 March 2012 | (00:00)

"Daddy, that boy pushed me!"

"Don't worry son, I'm sure he didn't mean it. Now go play in the pool."

I remember it well, a birthday party back when my family and I lived in Harare, Zimbabwe. High pitched squeals and shrieks as a dozen or so kids bombed in...

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The Faces of Occupy: Annie

(1) Comments | Posted 20 March 2012 | (00:00)

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Annie
©2012 Paul R Davey

My observations have not pleased everyone in the Occupy London camps. One of the people I was interviewing, one of the stalwarts, abruptly ended his interview when, as I was showing him on my iPhone

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The Faces of Occupy: Mark I

(2) Comments | Posted 16 March 2012 | (00:00)

Mark I © Paul Davey 2012
Mark I
© Paul Davey 2012

"It was my campaign, my idea, my contribution to Occupy. And when Stephen Hester, the CEO of Royal Bank of Scotland decided not to take his bonus, we marched down...
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The Faces of Occupy: Jimmy, Lord of St Paul's

(0) Comments | Posted 10 March 2012 | (00:00)

Jimmy. Photographed on Sunday 26 February just after he'd been into St Paul's Cathedral to show them his documents from the Land Registry.

Jimmy. Photographed on Sunday 26 February just after he'd been into St Paul's Cathedral to show them his documents from the Land...

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The Faces of Occupy: A Man Commonly Known as Dom

(6) Comments | Posted 7 March 2012 | (00:00)

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Dom

The carnival is over.
Occupy's St Paul's camp is no more. It was evicted in the early hours of 28 February - and now that it has gone, it's so much easier to see the value to Occupy of...

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The Faces of Occupy: Des

(0) Comments | Posted 29 February 2012 | (00:00)

Des Brittain

In the early hours of 28 February 2012, the bailiffs and the police moved in on the Occupy LSX camp at St Paul's Cathedral. Several small skirmishes and several arrests later, the camp is gone. I was not there - I am not...

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The Faces of Occupy

(1) Comments | Posted 27 February 2012 | (00:00)

Elijah

Elijah at Occupy LSX, London

I met Elijah a couple of weeks back when I started shooting images at the Occupy LSX camp at St Paul's Cathedral. I was photographing Indigo, his girlfriend as she sat in the entrance of their tent. Elijah was...

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