Gray in Black & White

J.M. Giordano 0 Comment The Baltimore Sun Baltimore, Baltimore protests, Baltimore riots, freddie gray

43 Photos

I watched the Freddie Gray protests unfold with two different eyes. One eye kept a watch over editorial photos for the Baltimore City Paper and the other looked out for shots that would evoke the raw energy of the events best rendered in black and white.

Much like Magnum photographer Gilles Peress’ seminal work Telex Iran, my black and white photos are more about mood, anger, time, and rage stripped of color. I do not shoot zoom, which is to say that all my lenses are “prime” or fixed so I have to get close to the action to get these photos. Sometimes I get too close.

Many aren’t “sharp” or “crisp” and that’s the intention. To make the viewer feel them as if they were right there, in the battle zone, not as if they’re staring at perfect photos on a newspaper page. I’m posting the photos daily on a Tumblr called Gray in Black & White.

J.M. Giordano is the photo editor at Baltimore City Paper.

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100 lasting images from the Freddie Gray protests and aftermath in Baltimore

Jerry Jackson 0 Comment The Baltimore Sun Baltimore, Baltimore protests, Baltimore riots, freddie gray

100 Photos

Over the past couple of weeks in Baltimore, thousands of images were produced that helped tell the story of the protests that followed the April 19, 2015, death of Freddie Gray, who sustained injuries while in police custody. Here are 100 of the more memorable photographs.

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