On April 18, 2015, the city of
Baltimore erupted in mass protests in response to the brutal murder
of Freddie Gray by police. Devin Allen was there, and his iconic
photos of the Baltimore uprising became a viral sensation.
In
these stunning photographs, Allen documents the uprising as he
strives to capture the life of his city and the people who live
there. Each photo reveals the personality, beauty, and spirit of
Baltimore and its people, as his camera complicates popular ideas
about the ghetto.
Allen's
camera finds hope and beauty doing battle against a system that sows
desperation and fear, and above all, resistance, to the unrelenting
pressures of racism and poverty in a twenty-first-century American
city.