1.3 They, too, are America

They, too, are America is a story of opening your soul in a time of mandatory mask wearing, and coming together to fight injustice in an age of social distancing. Captured on the streets of New York, the project contains portraits of over a hundred protesters at 13 different events during summer and fall of 2020.

Originally from Russia, Lisa Pavlova left home in 2018, tired of an unjust system and an inability to create change. These events were her first encounters with the civil rights protest movement in the US.

The project started as a tool to show people in her home country that BLM protesters are not a marginalized group of looters as Russian state media typically shows. Quickly it became an ode to the bravery and inspiration behind the BLM movement.

Lisa Pavlova,  June 2023

32 Pages, 28 Color Images, Center Staple