Black Lives Matter, Jonathan Bachman, 2016

Black Lives Matter, Jonathan Bachman, 2016

At a time when riots were at the peak in the US in protest of police brutality, Jonathan Bachman captured this photo. Taken on July 9, 2016, for Reuters, it shows lone activist Ieshia Evans standing her ground while offering her hands for arrest outside the Baton Rouge Police Department in Louisiana. The 28-year-old Pennsylvania nurse and mother of one, travelled to Baton Rouge to protest against the shooting of Alton Sterling. Sterling was a 37-year-old black man and father of five, who was shot at close range by two white police officers.