We Are Present: 2020 in Portraits

This compelling monograph by photographer Laylah Amatullah Barrayn offers a year-long visual narrative of 2020, capturing moments of love, grief, vulnerability, creativity, isolation, communion, determination, and faith. Through 118 color photographs, Barrayn presents tender yet confrontational portraits from her assignments and personal encounters, documenting the profound events of the year. The images chronologically traverse the onset of the global pandemic, the fervent Black Lives Matter demonstrations, and the volatile fall election season, distilling the intimacy between photographer and subject. Photographed on location in New York, Minneapolis, and Louisville, this work serves as a poignant testament to a transformative period in recent history. citeturn0search0