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Left, TIME's cover. Right, Soqui's image.
It's something many photographers can only dream of: getting their shot on the cover of TIME magazine. But for Ted Soqui, the photographer who took the iconic image prominently featured on TIME magazine’s person of the year cover, it was a truly unexpected honor.
Soqui, a freelance photographer based in Los Angeles, was taking pictures of Occupy Wall Street protesters on November 17th, the movement’s Day of Action. He spied a pretty girl in a beanie, and snapped away. The girl was Occupy LA's Sarah Mason, and according to reports, she was arrested later that day.
The image eventually got syndicated by a photo agency, who sold it to TIME, who gave it -- along with 25 other images -- to artist Shepard Fairey, for him create a composite image of the global protester of 2011.
However, Soqui says Sarah shines through the other images.
“The spirit is definitely Sarah’s,” he says. “The other 25 images wouldn’t really support it.”
Still, Soqui said he was flattered that Fairey was so inspired by his photo.
“To have my photograph illustrated and adapted by [Fairey] is an honor for me,” Soqui said.
As to the woman toting the now-infamous beanie, interviews with Mason reveal a true dedication to Occupy Wall Street.
"There's no curfew on the First Amendment,” Mason told the Los Angeles Times.
“I am here because I feel a moral obligation to speak out against injustice,” she told NPR.
Soqui, a freelance photographer based in Los Angeles, was taking pictures of Occupy Wall Street protesters on November 17th, the movement’s Day of Action. He spied a pretty girl in a beanie, and snapped away. The girl was Occupy LA's Sarah Mason, and according to reports, she was arrested later that day.
The image eventually got syndicated by a photo agency, who sold it to TIME, who gave it -- along with 25 other images -- to artist Shepard Fairey, for him create a composite image of the global protester of 2011.
However, Soqui says Sarah shines through the other images.
“The spirit is definitely Sarah’s,” he says. “The other 25 images wouldn’t really support it.”
Still, Soqui said he was flattered that Fairey was so inspired by his photo.
“To have my photograph illustrated and adapted by [Fairey] is an honor for me,” Soqui said.
As to the woman toting the now-infamous beanie, interviews with Mason reveal a true dedication to Occupy Wall Street.
"There's no curfew on the First Amendment,” Mason told the Los Angeles Times.
“I am here because I feel a moral obligation to speak out against injustice,” she told NPR.
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