Details

Title

#1960Now_Ferguson_protest: National March in Ferguson, "We Can't Stop" Mike Brown, Ferguson, MO, March 2015

Artist/Maker

Sheila Pree Bright (American, born 1967)

Date

2015

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

16 × 16 inches

Credit

Purchase with funds from the Friends of Photography

Accession #

2017.222

On View

Currently not on view

Sheila Pree Bright is one of Atlanta’s most prominent photographers working today. For the ongoing series #1960Now, she travels with and photographs the civic actions and protests of the Black Lives Matter movement. The title refers to the similarities between these contemporary protests and the civil rights movement and photography of the 1960s. The hashtag in the title refers to social media’s growing role in circulating images and defining current events. Here, two young girls and a little boy are at the forefront of a march in Ferguson, emphasizing how the youth of today can be change makers for tomorrow.

Image Copyright

© Sheila Pree Bright.