“100 YEARS LATER AFTER THE EMANCIPATION OF AFRICAN SLAVES, THE NEGRO LIVES ON A LONELY ISLAND OF POVERTY IN THE MIDST OF A VAST OCEAN OF MATERIAL PROSPERITY... SO WE’VE COME HERE TODAY TO DRAMATISE A SHAMEFUL CONDITION.”
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. 1963
50 YEARS LATER IN JANUARY 2013, PETER STERN,
LIVING IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES, PHOTOGRAPHED HIS NEIGHBOURHOOD. IN THE SHADOWS OF THE CITY SKYLINE LIVE THOUSANDS OF HOMELESS MEN AND WOMEN. PREDOMINATELY AFRICAN AMERICANS.
PHOTOGRAPHY: PETER STERN
