Photograph by
Allen, Devin, American, born 1989
Subject of
Unidentified Child or Children
Gray, Freddie, American, 1990 - 2015
Date
2015
Medium
digital
Dimensions
H x W: 3264 pixels × 4896 pixels
File size: 91.48 MB
Description
A black-and-white digital photograph by Devin Allen of an unidentified child standing amongst protestors in Baltimore, Maryland. The child's face is upturned and looking off frame. The bottom of a handwritten protest sign reading "#BLACK LIVES MATTER" can be seen above the child's head, held by an adult. Adults are out of focus on the right side of the frame, one of them with their right arm raised upward. A bush is in the left background behind the child.
91.48 MB
Place captured
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Media Arts-Photography
Movement
Black Lives Matter
Type
digital images
digital media - born digital
Topic
Activism
Children
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
2016.98.8
Restrictions & Rights
© Devin Allen
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd507fc4062-d298-47cf-997f-c35e8a3a36d2

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