Powerful photo exhibition documents Richmond’s 2020 protests

RICHMOND, Va. — Two powerful new exhibitions featuring gripping photographs of the 2020 Richmond protests are now open at The Branch Museum of Design, bringing untold voices to the forefront.

Richmond Free Press photojournalists Regina Boone and Sandra Sellars have worked in Richmond for more than three decades. Together, they covered the 2020 Richmond protests extensively.

“The two of us were on the streets for more than 60 days, up to 65 days consecutively during 2020, documenting the uprisings and the expressions of hope that people were fighting for on the streets of Richmond,” Boone said.

Sellars recalled getting “pepper-sprayed and tear-gassed with everyone else.”…

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