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Devin Allen
Untitled, 2015/2020
Archival metallic print, 24 x 36 inches
Edition 1/3, signed certificate of acquisition
Unframed
Courtesy of the artist and Accomplished Art Services LLC
Estimated value: $6,000
This photograph was taken by Devin Allen during the Baltimore Uprising of 2015 following the death of Freddie Gray at the hands of the police. He was able to depict the violent uprising throughout Baltimore city streets. Devin is known to use black and white to provide contrast in his artwork. Being color-blind allows him to find comfort within the "lack of color." This image in particular is an expression of what many Black, Brown, and African American people feel on a daily basis when it comes to the police. The unknown is crippling to many, and the fear of the police is as real as it gets.
About the Artist:
Devin Allen
Devin Allen is a self-taught artist, born and raised in West Baltimore. He gained national attention when his photograph of the Baltimore Uprising was published on the cover of Time in May 2015 – only the third time the work of an amateur photographer had been featured. His photographs have also appeared in New York Magazine, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Aperture, and is in the permanent collections of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Reginald F. Lewis Museum and the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York. Now, known as a professional photographer, he is the founder of Through Their Eyes, a youth photography educational program and the winner of the 2017 Gordon Parks Foundation Fellowship.
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