Sean Bascom

Some more recent things

Being a wedding photographer is cool, but have you ever been a photographer at a wedding?

Brooklyn Bowl, December 2023

and the Missing Links bringing the house down for

Saw some goslings while testing a rented lens that I have unfortunately fallen in love with.

Demonstrators in support of Palestine perform the dabke dance in front of the occupied Portland State University library — referred to as Refaat Alareer Memorial Library by the students, after the Palestinian poet and professor who was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza on 6 December 2023.

No aurora borealis, but not a bad view

Quick set in transit

April 29-30, 2024 - Community rally, protest encampment, and occupation of the Portland State University library in support of Palestine and opposing Israel's war in Gaza.

Students' list of demands to the university include full divestment from companies who also do business with Israel (including Boeing, Google, Intel, and more), mental health support for Muslim, Arab, and specifically Palestinian students, inclusion of Palestine and the Israeli occupation in university curriculum, and more.

Negotiations broke down late Tuesday night between PSU president Ann Cudd, administration mediators and representatives from the group of protesters when the two groups could not agree on terms. In a public address, Cudd said she asked Portland Police Bureau for support, drawing further criticism from faculty, alumni, and community advocacy groups including Disarm PSU.

Overnight, student protesters bolstered their position by reinforcing barricades and sharing tactics to protect themselves and each other from police crowd control tactics and munitions like bull rushes, tear gas, and concussion grenades.

As of Wednesday morning no police or university attempts to clear the library by force have been made.

5/22/2021 - March and rally in downtown Portland for Palestinians in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of Jerusalem

A tender moment from L*z Prom in Tacoma last month
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