Traveling portrait artist Bryon Summers aims to use his voice through photography to shine a positive light on black men and boys. The "We Love You" project was born after the deaths of Alton Sterling and Freddie Gray. Williams felt that marching and protesting were not enough, and decided to use his art to combat negative images of black men.
The project describes itself, "Through the art of photography we can see just how human and how special we really are. Images can be powerful reinforcements. They can be examples of who we are and aspire to be. WE LOVE YOU, will share portraits of the Black boys and men in our communities showing each other as well as the world that we are not only human and should be treated as such but, we are LOVED."
Over the weekend, the movement took to Washington D.C.'s Union Market. Williams says his goal is photograph portraits of over 1,000+ black men and boys. The movement has already reached NYC, Washington D.C., Baltimore, and Philadelphia. Below, Summers shares a bit about his passion. You can learn more at The We Love You Project.
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