On April 18th 2015 Baltimore erupted into mass protests in response to the brutal and heinous murder of Freddie Gray by the Baltimore police. Suddenly the eyes of the world turned to Baltimore. In nearly 100 stunning black and white photos Allen documents the uprising his city and the people who live there revealing a world of love courage struggle and hope. Each photo reveals the personality beauty and spirit of Baltimore and those who live there as his camera complicates the stereotype of a ghetto. We find smiles where one might least expect them hope doing battle against a system that sows desperation and fear and above all resistance to the unrelenting pressures of racism in twenty-first-century America. Allens work demonstrates a connection between resistance as a daily activity a way of life in the ghetto and resistance as a political act as played out in the streets last spring. He documents resistance without judgment without asking the usual questions that outsiders might: Is it justified? Is it effective? Is it legal? Resistance is represented not as a tactic but as a fundamental aspect of life. Washington Post Devin Allen is one of the first amateur photographers to have their his work featured on the cover of Time magazine. His photographs have also appeared in New York Magazine the Washington Post the New York Times CNN BBC NBC News Aperture Magazine and Yahoo! .
