Photograph by
Oliver, Tommy, American, born 1984
Subject of
Unidentified Woman or Women
Unidentified Man or Men
Floyd, George Perry Jr., American, 1973 - 2020
Lacey, Jackie, American, born 1957
Black Lives Matter - Los Angeles, American, founded 2013
Date
June 3, 2020
Medium
digital
Dimensions
H x W: 4022 pixels × 2914 pixels
File size: 67.09 MB
Caption
Photographer Tommy Oliver is an award-winning producer and cinematographer in television and film. Best known for his 2020 documentary 40 Years a Prisoner on HBO, his docuseries Black Love (2017–2020) on OWN, and his feature film The Perfect Guy (2015), Oliver challenges audiences to question their assumptions about race, gender, and family. The film Kinyarwanda (2011), which Oliver co-produced, weaves together narratives of resilience during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. It won the Sundance Film Festival’s award for World Cinema Drama and was recognized as one of the top 10 films of 2011. This photograph is part of a broader portfolio of images taken during Black Lives Matter rallies in Los Angeles between May 31 and June 14, 2020.
Description
A digital, black-and-white image of an unidentified female protester in the center of a crowd of protesters at a Black Lives Matter - Los Angeles protest against District Attorney Jackie Lacey in Downtown Los Angeles, California. The image was taken by Tommy Oliver during the protests that followed the death of George Floyd. The image depicts the woman in the center of a crowd of protesters, holding a protest sign above her head with her proper right hand. The sign is white with dark text that reads [STOP TRAINING / RACISM / START ROOTING / IT OUT! / STOP THE / KKKOPS!]. The woman is visible from the shoulders up and is wearing a light tone T-shirt; a black face mask with a white rectangular patch at the center with black text that reads [BLM]; peace symbol earrings; and a black, baseball cap with a white field at the center of the crown and black text that reads [BLACKNESS T[—-?]]. She is surrounded by a group of tightly packed, blurred protesters, many of whom are wearing face masks, respirators, or other types of protective face coverings.
Place captured
Downtown LA, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Photographs and Still Images
Movement
Black Lives Matter
Type
digital images
digital media - born digital
Topic
Activism
Justice
Photography
Police brutality
Race relations
Resistance
U.S. History, 2001-
Urban life
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Tommy and Codie Oliver
Object number
2021.31.21
Restrictions & Rights
© Tommy Oliver
Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5bc766580-1880-48ff-9688-92bb9e1ecb8a

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