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A Living Wage


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Andrew Lichtenstein

Andrew Lichtenstein on the struggle to unionize car wash workers in New York City.

US Housing Crisis West 2012


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Anthony Suau

GROUND ZERO for the housing crisis in the western United States is in central California, Phoenix, Arizona, and Las Vegas, Nevada. These three places, more than anywhere else in the country, have felt the backlash of the past decade’s extensive predatory lending and mortgage fraud. Today the housing crisis in the Western states has become [...]

In the Wake of Hurricane Sandy 2012


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Alan Chin, Andrew Lichtenstein

From the heart of Hurricane Sandy’s devastation three Facing Change photographers – Alan Chin, and Andrew Lichtenstein – relate their stories in the wake of the one of the most devastating storms ever to strike the eastern seaboard. Alan Chin Staten Island, New York, November 2, 2012 The Forster family unwinds after a long day [...]

Hurricane Sandy by FCDA Photographers


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Alan Chin and Andrew Lichtenstein

In the immediate aftermath of hurricane Sandy, one of the most devastating storms ever to strike the eastern seaboard, three FCDA photographers – Alan Chin and Andrew Lichtenstein – fanned out across the New York City area to capture scenes of the city in crisis. Chin was on hand as firefighters battled blazes in Breezy [...]

FIGHTING BACK Cleveland’s Inner City Boxing


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Anthony Suau

In the heart of inner city Cleveland, Coach Fred Wilson has dedicated himself to turning drug dealers and users into boxers, hoping to give them a positive outlook on life.

Occupy May Day 2012


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Facing Change

Facing Change documents May Day Occupy rallies and marches in New York, Washington DC, Chicago, and Oakland as tens of thousands of people took to the streets.

Saving Cleveland 2012


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Anthony Suau

Once trapped in a predatory loan, activist Barbara Anderson teams up with Cleveland-based community action group, Empowering and Strengthening Ohio’s People (ESOP), to save thousands of homes and reinvent Cleveland’s fractured communities. A decade before the “Occupy” movement, they used controversial tactics to bring bank CEOs to the table and stop the predatory lending that decimated communities throughout the inner city.

Occupy Wall Street Eviction 2011


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Alan Chin, Anthony Suau

Over the last two months, Occupy Wall Street spread across the nation as each new economic statistic grimly confirms the disparity between rich and poor continuing to grow while unemployment remains high and stagnant. The protesters were initially mocked and denigrated, but public outcry galvanized by pepper spray and mass arrest police tactics added to the persistence and popularity of the movement.

The response from local governments has varied from city to city. In New York it was marked by heavy-handedness tempered with reluctant tolerance.

Memorial Day 2011


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Lucian Perkins and Anthony Suau

Memorial Day Weekend from Coney Island and Prospect Park, Brooklyn to the thousands of Rolling Thunder Bikers packing the National Mall Facing Change photographers Lucian Perkins and Anthony Suau document the annual holiday.