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I captured this photo in early June of 2020. It was in Brooklyn, New York. I want to say this might've been the first or the second day of the 8pm curfew that was set in New York City.

There was a rally that took place at the Barclays Center in the little plaza, and several protesters - we marched from Barclays around the Downtown Brooklyn area, and as we stopped traffic on one of the streets [of] Downtown Brooklyn, I looked over at the cars who were held up in traffic, and there was this woman U[S]PS worker who hopped out the side of her car and held her her Black power fist in the air, and I knew I had to photograph her because, in that moment, it just showed the intensity of someone that is still, like, on the clock or on their way home from work - I don't know - but just- that was still showing her solidarity with the movement despite being in her uniform, despite actively working.

And I think it also just kind of- I felt the power of womanhood behind the movement.

And that was the making of that photograph.

Brooklyn, New York - Jun 02, 2020

Sade Fasanya

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Sade Fasanya
Sade Fasanya
Sade Fasanya
Jun 2, 2020
Brooklyn, New York

Sade Fasanya

I captured this photo in early June of 2020. It was in Brooklyn, New York. I want to say this might've been the first or the second day of the 8pm curfew that was set in New York City.

There was a rally that took place at the Barclays Center in the little plaza, and several protesters - we marched from Barclays around the Downtown Brooklyn area, and as we stopped traffic on one of the streets [of] Downtown Brooklyn, I looked over at the cars who were held up in traffic, and there was this woman U[S]PS worker who hopped out the side of her car and held her her Black power fist in the air, and I knew I had to photograph her because, in that moment, it just showed the intensity of someone that is still, like, on the clock or on their way home from work - I don't know - but just- that was still showing her solidarity with the movement despite being in her uniform, despite actively working.

And I think it also just kind of- I felt the power of womanhood behind the movement.

And that was the making of that photograph.

I captured this photo in early June of 2020. It was in Brooklyn, New York. I want to say this might've been the first or the second day of the 8pm curfew that was set in New York City.

There was a rally that took place at the Barclays Center in the little plaza, and several protesters - we marched from Barclays around the Downtown Brooklyn area, and as we stopped traffic on one of the streets [of] Downtown Brooklyn, I looked over at the cars who were held up in traffic, and there was this woman U[S]PS worker who hopped out the side of her car and held her her Black power fist in the air, and I knew I had to photograph her because, in that moment, it just showed the intensity of someone that is still, like, on the clock or on their way home from work - I don't know - but just- that was still showing her solidarity with the movement despite being in her uniform, despite actively working.

And I think it also just kind of- I felt the power of womanhood behind the movement.

And that was the making of that photograph.

Brooklyn, New York - Jun 02, 2020
Sade Fasanya

I captured this photo in early June of 2020. It was in Brooklyn, New York. I want to say this might've been the first or the second day of the 8pm curfew that was set in New York City.

There was a rally that took place at the Barclays Center in the little plaza, and several protesters - we marched from Barclays around the Downtown Brooklyn area, and as we stopped traffic on one of the streets [of] Downtown Brooklyn, I looked over at the cars who were held up in traffic, and there was this woman U[S]PS worker who hopped out the side of her car and held her her Black power fist in the air, and I knew I had to photograph her because, in that moment, it just showed the intensity of someone that is still, like, on the clock or on their way home from work - I don't know - but just- that was still showing her solidarity with the movement despite being in her uniform, despite actively working.

And I think it also just kind of- I felt the power of womanhood behind the movement.

And that was the making of that photograph.

Jun 2, 2020

Brooklyn, New York

Sade Fasanya
Read Transcript
Sade Fasanya
Sade Fasanya
Jun 2, 2020
Brooklyn, New York
Sade Fasanya
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