Paul Park at The Half King



The People Of Protest

Paul Park

Opening night: Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 7:00 pm

Guest Speaker Jose Vasquez

THE PROTEST PEOPLE Since the latest invasion of Iraq, both the anti and pro war contingents have been a constant presence in Washington DC. In this series of photographs, photographer Paul Park takes a look at the human drama and spectacle of the protest people, including veterans who have come back from the war with a distinct and intimate point of view of what is happening on the ground. They remind us that the war has a very individual human element that is often overlooked. About the Photographer: Paul Park is New York based photographer. His work focuses primarily on portraiture and documentary photography. He has spent the last year focusing on the “People of Protest” as an ongoing project on the culture of protests in Washington DC. About the Speaker: Jose Vasquez is a doctoral student in Anthropology at The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY). He is also an adjunct lecturer at John College of Criminal Justice/CUNY. Mr. Vasquez served fourteen years in the US Army (active and reserve) and was honorably discharged in May 2007 as a conscientious objector. Jose is an active member of Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) serving as the president of the New York City chapter.


The photography series is curated by Song Chong


Previous exhibitions at The Half King *JUAREZ, CITY OF MISSING WOMEN* by TIMOTHY FADEK *CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC* by SPENCER PLATT *EYEBLINK* by JAMES WENDELL *CONFESSIONS OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER* by JULIA CALFEE *HARVEST* by JEFFREY LAMONT BROWN *WAR IN LEBANON* by PAOLO PELLEGRIN IN THE SHADOW OF POWER by KIKE ARNAL CYCLE OF VIOLENCE by SHAUL SCHWARZ THE OUTCASTS OF SLOVAKIA by JULIE DENESHA *AFGHANISTAN EMBEDDED* by TEUN VOETEN *NEW ORLEANS: WHEN THE LEVEES BROKE* by MARIO TAMA VANISHING GIANTS by JENNIFER HILE ONE IN A BILLION by DAVID BUTOW *EDGE OF PERFECTION* by DAVID BURNETT MAKASUTU by JASON FLORIO *PYONGYANG DESIGN* by TEUN VOETEN SUDAN by BEN LOWY HOMELAND by MICHAEL WILLIAMSON & DALE MAHARIDGE WATER CULTURE by BRENT STIRTON AÏNA PHOTOJOURNALISM INSTITUTE OF AFGHANISTAN CAMBODIA'S LOST BOYZ by TERU KUWAYAMA WAR ZONES by MIKE KAMBER LIBERIA BY CHRIS HONDROS BERLIN BY ESTHER LEVINE LONGING BY GREG DWYER *CORN* BY GREGORY THORP **CAKE & HOTDOGS and WILD WEEKEND WOMEN BY ANDREANNA LYNN SEYMORE ATHLETES BY SCOTT McDERMOTT HAVANA PASSAGE BY TARA SGROI ABOVE AND BELOW THE PAVEMENT** BY SERGE J-F LEVY For further information on these exhibits, please go here.