Ieshia Evans

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Press photo of Ieshia Evans during the demonstration on July 9, 2016 in Baton Rouge
Photographer: Jonathan Bachman / Reuters
Link to the photo
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Ieshia Evans is a then 35-year-old nurse who, through a press photo of her courageous demeanor at a demonstration against police violence on July 9, 2016 in Baton Rouge, first attracted attention across the US and then worldwide.

A few days later she explained her silence in front of this police chain and her attitude towards the police as follows:

“I am human. I am a woman. I am a mother. I'm a nurse. I could be your nurse I could take care of you. "

And further: “Our children could be friends. We all mean something. We don't have to beg to mean something. "

It refers to the slogan Black Lives Matter, which has been used in the USA since 2013 . She was arrested immediately after being admitted and was not released until the evening of the following day. The photographer Jonathan Bachman (from Reuters) on the situation during the arrest: "It all happened very quickly, but I knew that she would not move," said Bachman. He photographed several times in quick succession. “It wasn't particularly violent. She did not say anything. She did not resist and the police did not drag her away. ”It took about 30 seconds for Evans to be taken away.

The photo shows her standing with both feet on the street in front of a police chain. She did not raise her arms but crossed them in front of her abdomen. She wears an almost floor-length, light dress, glasses and jewelry. In the background there are around twenty spectators in a green area. The contrast to the police officers is strong. The police officers wear martial anti-riot gear with helmets and face protection. The police chain seems to be moving across the width of the street towards the demonstrator (this can only be seen by looking at the sequence of images). Two officers approach Ms. Evans.

Further reception, especially in Germany

In July 2016, numerous newspapers printed the photo, some without naming the name, with the location

  • The magazine Der Spiegel reported in detail under the headline There was silence .
  • In its annual review of the best photos of 2016, the New York Times showed the shot again ("The Year in Pictures for 2016")
  • In its first issue of Die Zeit in January 2017, the photo cover picture and its story on page 56 is part of a series of articles about current role models in public: Superwoman
  • The photographer received a Pulitzer Prize nomination for his 2017 photo

literature

  • The time of January 5, 2017, No. 2/2017

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "There was silence" , spiegel.de of July 15, 2016
  2. ^ The Year In Pictures
  3. ↑ a b Silke Weber: Role models: Superwoman. In: zeit.de . January 5, 2017, accessed June 2, 2020 .
  4. ↑ http://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/jonathan-bachman-freelance-photographer
personal data
SURNAME Evans, Ieshia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American nurse and civil rights activist
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century