Zachary Blair

Anthropologist, Researcher, and Writer

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    2017 Image of Research

    2017 Image of Research

    I received an honorable mention at the University of Illinois at Chicago's 2017 Image of Research competition for the following photograph I took at the Pulse memorial in Orlando, Florida. After the mass shooting at the Pulse Nightclub last year, I began a research endeavor to document and contextualize the event itself, as well as understand the variety of ways people interpret and experience tragedy, grief, mourning, and solidarity in Orlando, Florida. This research project
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    Pulse: Affective States, Memorial Sites

    Pulse: Affective States, Memorial Sites

    #Pulse #orlando #pulseshooting #massshooting #OrlandoUnited #photographs #SomosOrlando #WeAreOrlando #photography #blackandwhite #BampW #photos #affect #affective #memorial
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    Love is Blinding: Emphasizing Love and Ignoring War in Response to the Pulse Shooting

    Love is Blinding: Emphasizing Love and Ignoring War in Response to the Pulse Shooting

    Last week, the City of Orlando released the 911 calls made by Omar Mateen, the shooter who killed 49 people and injured 68 at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida. You can read the full transcripts here. Omar's main message, which he repeated over and over, was to end the airstrikes in Syria and Iraq. Here are some excerpts of what Mateen said to police while still inside of the club: "... You have to tell America to stop bombing Syria and Iraq. They are killing a lot of i
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