"Throwing my #camera was the right thing to do": The #photographers behind the viral protest photos
#JohnAbernathy, an independent #photographer, threw his Leica M10-R to another photographer, #PierreLavie, after being pinned to the ground by officers of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency. Abernathy and Lavie were photographing a #protest against ICE around the #WhippleFederalBuilding in #Minneapolis, MN.
https://www.dpreview.com/interviews/6336791578/john-abernathy-pierre-lavie-protest-photographers-ice-minneapolis-thrown-leica
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@dangillmor
> Remember the guy that ICE knocked down, pinned to the pavement and then pepper-sprayed... he's a photographer.. #JohnAbernathy, who has been covering the streets of the Twin Cities for years, from George Floyd to the ICE protests. His photos are amazing and an intimate record of what's going down. And I really like his motto, especially in the wake of Kristi Noem's plan to try to enforce unconstitutional "free speech" zones: ”Bearing witness without permission.”
https://www.abernathyphoto.com/streets
/HT #JeffreyStClair
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Photographer Tosses His Leica Away From ICE as He's Tackled to the Ground

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