Protest City: Portlands Summer of Rage Dundon Rian
Protest City: Portlands Summer of Rage Dundon Rian In the months leading up to the 2020 presidential election, Portland made national news with nightly social justice protests, often met with violent…
Specifikacia Protest City: Portlands Summer of Rage Dundon Rian
Protest City: Portlands Summer of Rage Dundon Rian
In the months leading up to the 2020 presidential election, Portland made national news with nightly social justice protests, often met with violent response by counter protestors and law enforcement. The photos in Protest City present a visceral visual record of this significant moment in Portland's history.Rian Dundon, who has been photographing the rise of extreme politics on the West Coast since 2016, lived only a short walk from the protests that erupted after the murder of George Floyd. Though frequently regarded as a progressive hub, Portland has a long history of racial inequality and oppression, and the city's entrenched divisions gained new attention during the Trump years.
The result is a graphic portrayal of how social movements become politicized, how For one hundred days, Dundon enmeshed himself in the demonstrations with an unobtrusive point-and-shoot camera.