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Photographing While Brown

posted by Zed on July 14 2004 22:41

In this revolting story, a photography student is harassed by private security, police, and Homeland Security for photographing the Ballard Locks near Seattle while having brown skin, even as they ignored paler photographers.

You can read his own account at his blog, Brown Equals Terrorist — look for the Artist’s Statement. (Indirect link due to the Artist’s Statement being supplied by mirrors and I don’t trust those links to stay stable.)

That’s not what I want America to be.

But a Seattle photographer is planning a mass photo shoot at the Locks in protest.

Now, that’s what I want America to be!

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