Devin Allen, an amateur photographer when the protest took over Baltimore after the death of Freddie Gray, has set a goal to bring over 300 cameral to area youth.
2018 goal is 300+ camera’s in the hands of the youth, I’m at 160+ right now ?? pic.twitter.com/qAU9FdB73Z
— Devin | Allen (@byDVNLLN) October 25, 2017
Nearly a year ago, TIME featured Allen’s iconic image on their cover – he became the 3rd amateur photographer to be featured in this way. Because of this media attention, he sat out to inspire youth through photography.
After documenting the Uprising after the death of Freddie Gray, I become the 3rd amateur photographer to land the cover of Time pic.twitter.com/F4STEgm2VE
— Devin | Allen (@byDVNLLN) October 25, 2017
A GoFundMe has been set up with a goal $10,000!
When documenting the Uprising after the death of Freddie, I saw so many kids on the front lines. Thats what inspired me to start pic.twitter.com/IqcjU8k1HI
— Devin | Allen (@byDVNLLN) October 25, 2017