
“Images are like languages. While with different languages, many of us can hear and speak the words or extract the meanings, sometimes we still won’t know how to translate things perfectly, sometimes our real accents will still be there. In those cases we look to a native speaker to translate, to teach us, to give us the correct pronunciation or best meaning. That’s what I see black photographers and photojournalists to be at this moment, and for this movement. The translators of these times and the teachers of our stories.” – Flo Ngala
The photo above (by photographer Jonathan Cherry) and quote from photographer Flo Ngala are from
Capturing the cry for change: photographers on the BLM protests
in The Guardian, a collection of photos and narratives by black photographers covering the Black Lives Matter demonstrations.