good. good evening. good evening and welcome. the enoch pratt free library. my name is vivian fisher and i am deputy chief of the pratt library state library resource center here at the downtown location. this evening we have a great program for you. we have a panel of exciting artists, photographer writers to essays and poets for this evening s program. it is my pleasure. introduce devin allen, d watkins khan, danny seidel and wallace lane. a stellar. first, i would like to introduce this evening s writer author devin allen devin allen, a critically acclaimed self-taught photographer who was born and raised baltimore. his photograph of the baltimore uprising was published on the cover of time magazine in may 2015, only the third time the work of an amateur photographer has been featured. five years later, after the death, george floyd, tony mcdade, eight, and breonna taylor. his photograph from a black trans lives matter protests was published on the cover of time in june 20
is a man of controversy and. he came to an event of mine last night night and he spoke about his fight in the military. there were two things that struck me about everything that we talked about last night. number one, he never needed to spin the story. he never needed to change the facts. he never needed make it personal. he would have the moral courage to stand up and do the right thing because it was right thing. and when they hit him, he got back up. now, you would. i would think that s enough. but when they hit him again, he got right up. and when they told him he d lose his career, he kept right on going. when they told he would go to jail, he got right on in there. he said, bring it on. seven days a week, 24 hours a day. i m right here. let s go. we ve got this thing. this stuck with me is when somebody me, was it worth it? and you gave the humble answer i ve ever heard in my life. it was the truth. and the truth. i don t know yet, because i can t see it. i m stuck dow
library state library resource center here at the downtown location. this evening we have a great program for you. we have a panel of exciting artists, photographer writers to essays and poets for this evening s program. it is my pleasure. introduce devin allen, d watkins khan, danny seidel and wallace lane. a stellar. first, i would like to introduce this evening s writer author devin allen devin allen, a critically acclaimed self-taught photographer who was born and raised baltimore. his photograph of the baltimore uprising was published on the cover of time magazine in may 2015, only the third time the work of an amateur photographer has been featured. five years later, after the death, george floyd, tony mcdade, eight, and breonna taylor. his photograph from a black trans lives matter protests was published on the cover of time in june 20, 20. allen, the winner of the gordon parks foundation fellowship, he was nominated for acp image award for his book a beautiful ghetto.
is a man of controversy and. he came to an event of mine last night night and he spoke about his fight in the military. there were two things that struck me about everything that we talked about last night. number one, he never needed to spin the story. he never needed to change the facts. he never needed make it personal. he would have the moral courage to stand up and do the right thing because it was right thing. and when they hit him, he got back up. now, you would. i would think that s enough. but when they hit him again, he got right up. and when they told him he d lose his career, he kept right on going. when they told he would go to jail, he got right on in there. he said, bring it on. seven days a week, 24 hours a day. i m right here. let s go. we ve got this thing. this stuck with me is when somebody me, was it worth it? and you gave the humble answer i ve ever heard in my life. it was the truth. and the truth. i don t know yet, because i can t see it. i m stuck dow