Black Lives Matter - Los Angeles, American, founded 2013 Search this
Medium:
digital
Dimensions:
H x W: 4480 pixels × 6720 pixels
File size: 172.3 MB
Type:
digital images
digital media - born digital
Place captured:
Downtown LA, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America
Date:
June 3, 2020
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, color image of an unidentified child protester participating in 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 seated boy is depicted in profile, facing the right edge of the image. He is wearing a blue T-shirt and is holding up a paper flier with a blurred image of a man’s face in profile on the front. The boy is holding the flier so that the image is facing outwards. The flier is slightly curled, and the top is resting against the boy’s forehead. Surrounding the boy, in the background, is a crowd of blurred, seated protesters.
