Matthew Kamholtz
On Screen
These pictures were born of necessity. As the global Covid-19 pandemic raged during the Summer of 2020, the epidemic of police killings sparked mass Black Lives Matter protests throughout the United States. But as thousands of people took to the streets, I was obliged to shelter at home as the protests, and the often brutal police reaction, played out on screens in television newscasts, live streams, and video uploads, bringing the streets into our homes. And so, I photographed the screens as I watched, a process that distorted reality, just as it paradoxically revealed its intensity and emotion. Although I was physically distant, the images felt intensely present.
