All tagged Black Lives Matter
I headed down to Federal Plaza today for a demonstration calling for the boycott of July 4th. It was lead by Rabbi Michael, who spent the better part of an hour explaining why Black people should not celebrate July 4th. Here are my thoughts about and images from the small, but impactful demonstration.
Somewhere around 200 Chicagoans turned on a chilly Chicago evening to honor Tyre Nichols and other who have died at the hands of the police.
I am pleased to present my first virtual reality exhibit of selected works from my Kenosha, Wisconsin: Aftermath series. I have now made five trips to Kenosha, exploring and photographing the aftermath of the Jacob Blake shooting.
I visited Kenosha, Wisconsin today to see what the city felt like following the five days of demonstrations and street violence that erupted when police shot Jacob Blake while responding to a domestic violence call. I didn’t encounter demonstrators, but I did find lots of already trying to rebuild their community. Here are my thoughts, as well as the images I created.
Photobombed. Jack Siegel has been out with camera in hand virtually everyday for the last two weeks. Here are some of the images that he has made on his outings. Covid-19, Black Lives Matter, and Economic Decline continue to predominate.
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Chicago is shrouded in dense ground fog. It is difficult to identify buildings just two or three blocks down the avenues. Fog obscures, but it also amplifies colors, which brings a certain clarity to the urban landscape. It creates a mysterious whirl in the air.
