SHEILA PREE BRIGHT
Lens-Based Artist
#1960NOW
TODAY
I cried today
I thought of the elders who fought during the Civil Rights Era
Imagine their trauma
I thought of my parents, young people who endure the Jim Crow era
Imagine their trauma
I thought of the young visionaries who are fighting the same injustices today
Imagine their trauma
I thought of my ancestors, who were forced to come to a country to be sold as property
Imagine their trauma
I cry today because we lost a spirit who continue to fight the good fight
Imagine his trauma
He now knows what liberation looks like
I cried today
-Sheila Pree Bright
#1960NOW PORTRAITS
Click here for #1960Now installation at Riverside Art Museum, CA until March 2021
The fight for equality continues from 1960 to now. Combining portraits of past and present social justice activists with documentary images from recent protests throughout the United States, #1960Now sheds light on the parallels between the 1960s Civil Rights Movement and the Black Lives Matter movement of today.
Shelia Pree Bright's striking black-and-white photographs capture the courage and conviction of '60s elder statesmen and a new generation of activists, offering a powerful reminder that the fight for justice is far from over. #1960Now represents an important new contribution to American protest photography.
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