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date: label: Date
content: May 1, 2015
name: label: Photograph by
content: Devin Allen, American, born 1989
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
label: Subject of
content: Freddie Gray, American, 1990 - 2015
notes: label: Caption
content: 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.
label: Caption
content: 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.
label: Description
content: 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.
label: Description
content: 91.48 MB
place: label: Place captured
content: Baltimore, Maryland, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Justice
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Police brutality
label: Topic
content: Race relations
label: Topic
content: Resistance
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 2001-
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
label: Movement
content: Black Lives Matter
label: Exhibition
content: Reckoning: Protest. Defiance. Resilience.
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 052
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Devin Allen
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.98.7
objectType: label: Type
content: digital images
label: Type
content: digital media - born digital
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Devin Allen
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: digital
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 3264 pixels × 4896 pixels
label: Dimensions
content: File size: 91.48 MB