Winners of the Alfred Fried Photography Award 2017
Taking a stand in Baton Rouge
Alfred Fried Photography Award 2017 – Special Award of the Jury for the best single picture entry
Alfred Fried Photography Award 2017 – Winner Alfred Fried Photography Award Medal
Jonathan Bachman, USA
Taking a stand in Baton Rouge A young woman in a summer dress stands in a deserted street, with her arms crossed. As two policemen in warlike uniforms charge towards her, she makes a point of holding out her hands. She stands completely still. Defenceless and courageous. Peaceful. Then she is taken away towards a phalanx of police warriors lined up like a wall. It is a hot afternoon, 38 °C, on July 9, 2016 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The young woman is Ieshia Evans, a nurse, mother of a child. She came from Pennsylvania to protest against the deadly police violence aimed at black people. Against an obvious racism. Black life matters! At a time when proof of blood, sweat and tears have become symbols of the present situation this picture of this peaceful, upright woman in the street has become a symbol of something which luckily still exists in this world: moral courage and pride. No, it is not just the murderers and warriors and despots who are part of our present life, but it is also those who put up a fight. Those who do not say that there is no alternative to declarations of war, brutality and the law of the jungle. The photographer Jonathan Bachman has created an icon with the picture of Ieshia Evans, a picture – small in itself but representing something great. Jonathan Bachman, born in Morristown, New Jersey, lives in New Orleans and works as a freelance photographer for Reuters, Getty Images and AP. He pressed the shutter-release button of his camera some 1,200 times during the protests in Baton Rouge. The award-winning photo has quite rightly become famous. However, Bachman turned down many interview requests. He says: “It is this woman who made the picture.” It is Ieshia Evans who should be at the centre of attention. (Text by Peter-Matthias Gaede)
Photo by Jonathan Bachman
Alfred Fried Photography Award 2017 – Special Award of the Jury for the best single picture entry
Alfred Fried Photography Award 2017 – Winner Alfred Fried Photography Award Medal
Jonathan Bachman, USA
Taking a stand in Baton Rouge A young woman in a summer dress stands in a deserted street, with her arms crossed. As two policemen in warlike uniforms charge towards her, she makes a point of holding out her hands. She stands completely still. Defenceless and courageous. Peaceful. Then she is taken away towards a phalanx of police warriors lined up like a wall. It is a hot afternoon, 38 °C, on July 9, 2016 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The young woman is Ieshia Evans, a nurse, mother of a child. She came from Pennsylvania to protest against the deadly police violence aimed at black people. Against an obvious racism. Black life matters! At a time when proof of blood, sweat and tears have become symbols of the present situation this picture of this peaceful, upright woman in the street has become a symbol of something which luckily still exists in this world: moral courage and pride. No, it is not just the murderers and warriors and despots who are part of our present life, but it is also those who put up a fight. Those who do not say that there is no alternative to declarations of war, brutality and the law of the jungle. The photographer Jonathan Bachman has created an icon with the picture of Ieshia Evans, a picture – small in itself but representing something great. Jonathan Bachman, born in Morristown, New Jersey, lives in New Orleans and works as a freelance photographer for Reuters, Getty Images and AP. He pressed the shutter-release button of his camera some 1,200 times during the protests in Baton Rouge. The award-winning photo has quite rightly become famous. However, Bachman turned down many interview requests. He says: “It is this woman who made the picture.” It is Ieshia Evans who should be at the centre of attention. (Text by Peter-Matthias Gaede)
Photo by Jonathan Bachman