Nate Larson Documents the Civilian Wall at North Ave and Pennsylvania, April 28, 2015
Earlier today, I photographed the #Baltimore protests at North Avenue & Pennsylvania Avenue with my students from #MICAphoto. I was struck by the line of police blockading the street and made a portrait of each of the 27 officers comprising the human wall.
This evening, I went back, and there were 26 citizens forming a human wall, separating the crowd from the police, for their mutual protection. My heart was heavy all day but lifted at this spirit of self-sacrifice and generosity. I made a portrait of the 22 members that gave their permission.
A Portrait of 22 Baltimore Citizens, as Positioned, North to South, 2015
Nate Larson is a Baltimore-based photographer and a Photography Professor at MICA. See more of his work here.
