Say their names - a photo series

This is a series of photographs that were taken in the summer of 2020 during a Black Lives Matter protest taking place on Church Street in Burlington, Vermont. The photos capture the expression and passion of the crowd marching through Burlington. These photos were shot on a digital camera in color and converted to black and white in post production. In this work I tried my best to capture close up portraits of people's expressions as well as their signs. They are showing the people's reaction to the mistreatment of Black Americans across the nation. It made me feel hopeful that so many Vermonters were willing to show up to protest.                            

Francis.Kautzman

VT

18 years old