2020, Juneteenth Celebration, Atlanta, GA, 2020
Sheila Pree Brightexpand_more
Gelatin silver printexpand_more
Gift of funds from Mary and Bob Merskyexpand_more 2022.21.1
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Bright’s photography of the reawakened movement for social justice in America has been nationally recognized for its original perspective and rootedness of her practice within the communities she documents. As a photojournalist in Atlanta, Bright was on the front lines of demonstrations demanding accountability from law enforcement and elected officials in the wake of George Floyd’s murder by a Minneapolis police officer in May 2020. At a Juneteenth demonstration in the waning months of the Trump administration, Bright provides a heroic view of a female protestor holding two different American flags—one carried aloft, the other clasped to her chest. At a demonstration for justice for Rayshard Brooks, a Black father of three who was shot and killed by police officers outside a Wendy’s restaurant, Bright reveals the determination and grief of protestors bearing homemade signs of MLK quotes. The immediacy of her images brings the issues almost unbearably close to home, charging each with the generational trauma of our era.
Details
- Title
- 2020, Juneteenth Celebration, Atlanta, GA
- Artist Life
- born 1967
- Role
- Photographer
- Accession Number
- 2022.21.1
- Curator Approved
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