- Photograph by
- Oliver, Tommy, American, born 1984
- Subject of
- YG, American, born 1990
- Unidentified Man or Men
- Unidentified Woman or Women
- Floyd, George Perry Jr., American, 1973 - 2020
- Date
- June 7, 2020
- Medium
- digital
- Dimensions
- H x W: 4480 pixels × 6720 pixels
- File size: 172.29 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 YG speaking at a Black Lives Matter protest in Hollywood, California. The image was taken by Tommy Oliver during the protests that followed the death of George Floyd. YG is speaking into a bullhorn. He is shown at the center of the image, within a crowd of protesters. He is speaking into a bullhorn held in his proper right hand. He is wearing a white T-shirt with a graphic on the front and a black baseball-style cap, worn backwards. In the foreground, one the far right, is a blurred unidentified male protester wearing a black face mask with illegible text printed on the front. To the left is blurred microphone covered with a wind muff. Behind YG, are additional protesters, some of whom are wearing face masks. In the distant background are treetops and clear sky.
- Place captured
- Hollywood, 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
- Hip-hop (Music)
- Justice
- Photography
- Police brutality
- Race relations
- Rappers (Musicians)
- 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
- 2021.31.57
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Tommy Oliver
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




