Capturing a Movement: How to Document a Civil Rights Struggle

“My Life Matters. Let me live.” The Commitment March 2020, Black Lives Matter. Washington, D.C. | 28 Aug 2020 | Photo Credit: Johnny Silvercloud

The First Night Hitting the Streets

It was the end of May 2020. Earlier that day, I just got off the phone with my photographer buddy Tim in Kentucky. We were talking about street photography, documenting the protests and police interactions in Louisville. Breonna Taylor, a medical worker in Louisville, Kentucky, was unjustly killed by…