On View
Visual Arts Gallery
Exhibition
Reckoning: Protest. Defiance. Resilience.
Photograph by
Allen, Devin, American, born 1989
Subject of
Unidentified Woman or Women
Gray, Freddie, American, 1990 - 2015
Date
May 1, 2015
Medium
digital
Dimensions
H x W: 3264 pixels × 4896 pixels
File size: 91.48 MB
Caption
Don't forget our women are getting killed also :::: We are the protectors & Women are the first teacher to the child need i say more ::: #welovebaltimore :::: #ripfreddirgray #DVNLLN - Devin Allen (@bydvnlln), Instagram, 05/01/2015.
Devin Allen’s images went viral on social media in 2015, when he posted portraits of protests as demonstrations happened on the ground. Online communities quickly shared his images worldwide, and within weeks, Time magazine featured one of Allen’s photographs on its cover. In this image, the photographer documents a demonstrator demanding to be heard, as she reaches for a microphone. The image captures the emotional intensity that Allen often brings to his photography. Like well-crafted Greek tragedies with the epic scale of classic theater and film, Allen’s protagonists are monumental in their humanity. He made history as a prodigy who conquered social media as a democratizing medium. Rather than allow publishers to shape and interpret history, Allen proved that the power of history belongs to the community.
Description
A black-and-white digital photograph by Devin Allen of unidentified women protesting in Baltimore, Maryland. The central figure is a woman named Amanda in a striped V-neck t-shirt with her right arm reaching upward and her hand outstretched. She looks upward and off frame slightly right. Behind her is a woman holding a cell phone while taking photographs or video next to a woman with her right arm raised and a sign in her left hand that is largely out of frame. Other figures largely out of frame surround the women. Raindrops are visible on the clothing and bodies of the people.
91.48 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
Communities
Justice
Local and regional
Photography
Police brutality
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
2016.98.7
Restrictions & Rights
© Devin Allen
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd501a1acb8-6fbb-4045-ba43-a8d148a3ce3d

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