Photograph by
Allen, Devin, American, born 1989
Subject of
Unidentified Child or Children
Unidentified Woman or Women
Date
May 29, 2015
Medium
digital
Dimensions
H x W: 3264 pixels × 4896 pixels
File size: 45.76 MB
Caption
:::: We are trying to Build a better future, how are you contributing or are you just commenting on my IG giving advice, saying how you feel but not doing anything :::: #DVNLLN - Devin Allen (@bydvnlln), Instagram, 05/29/2015.
Description
A black-and-white digital photograph by Devin Allen of a police officer playing with children on bicycles in Baltimore, Maryland. The uniformed female officer holds a child by the shoulders and puts one foot on the back wheel spoke of the child's bicycle. The child looks back toward the officer. Two other children on bicycles stand at the right side of the frame, one looking at the officer and the other looking downward. Other people in street clothes stand in the street and sidewalk.
45.76 MB
Place captured
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Movement
Black Lives Matter
Type
digital images
digital media - born digital
Topic
Activism
Children
Communities
Justice
Local and regional
Photography
Race relations
Resistance
U.S. History, 2001-
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Devin Allen
Object number
2016.98.47
Restrictions & Rights
© Devin Allen
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd508c750d0-3da8-4d40-a224-aa012fda13d0

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