Savage Daughters
Description
Black Lives Matter March, Nashville, TN, 2020
A line of masked activists stands unified beneath a canopy of trees, their handmade signs a chorus of intersectional demands: "I am not free while any human is unfree," "My daughter is speaking," "I am my mother's savage daughter," "Abort the patriarchy." The photograph captures the fierce intergenerational commitment of women and non-binary people claiming their place within the Black Lives Matter movement—refusing to be silenced, refusing to apologize, refusing to shrink.
The black and white treatment lends documentary weight to these voices. This is not a moment of celebration but of reckoning. The masks speak to 2020—COVID, vulnerability, resilience. The signs speak to liberation that encompasses race, gender, reproductive autonomy, and the right to exist without apology.
"Savage Daughters" honors those who inherit their mothers' fury and transform it into action. It is a declaration that the fight for Black lives is inseparable from the fight for all women's liberation—that these movements are one.
Shot on Olympus PEN-F Digital
Specifications
- Fujicolor Crystal Archive Professional Lustre Paper
- 210gsm
- Vibrant, fine-grain pebble texture
- Archival: 100+ years on display, 200+ years in storage
- Silver halide, RA-4 wet printing process
- Sizing: White borders do not change size of the print
Delivery & Returns
Orders ship promptly after printing. All domestic orders are insured and trackable. International orders are insured and optionally trackable. No returns as all prints are custom made. An email containing tracking information will be sent once the order ships.
Material print times (business days)
- Professional Paper: 1-2 days
- Fine Art Paper: 2-3 days
- Framed: 5-7 days
- Canvas: 2-3 days
- Metal: 3-4 days