On September 08, 2011 the southwest of the US had a 12 hour blackout that left nearly 7 million people without power. At the time, I lived in downtown San Diego and decided to go out and photograph the event. After walking the street I noticed how many people were out socializing with complete strangers and coming together as a community. It was the most festive I have seen a city on a non-holiday. It makes one think how caught up and distracted by technology we can be and how absorbed in our own lives we are that we can easily ignore the important things in life.
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