The Pyrrhic Victory of “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot” in Photos
In August, Scott Olson’s photo of a defiant, kneeling man, captured the all the complexity and emotion of the tragedy in Ferguson. TIME featured a vertical crop on their cover.
Artist Eric Drooker credited Olson as the inspiration for an oil painting used as a New Yorker cover in the same week.
This week in Ferguson, MO, a grand jury decided against indicting Officer Darren Wilson. A wave of protests ensued, and Getty photographer Justin Sullivan captured this incredible silhouette of a man with his hands up rimmed by the light of cop cars.
As protests turned to rioting and destruction of property, St. Louis-based Whitney Curtis captured a gesture of defiance and victory against a burning backdrop.
Between the vitriol and tragedy of Ferguson, one thing is clear: the photography from this seminal moment in American history have been some of the best reportage of the new millenium.
Missouri is MO, not MI. While there were riots here in Detroit, I’m guessing they were not what you’re discussing.
I’m an idiot. Thanks for the correction.
Where are pictures of the looters. This is one sided. All cops should just quit and let every one fend for themselves.
Yes it is one sided,…but this is not a journalism site. This is a photography site. The politics and all of that stuff arent here. You need to go yell at CNN