James Reade Venable

Photographer-Director-Editor

2020 and the George Floyd and Black Lives Matters Movement In Review

Location: Brussels, Belgium

Nationality: American

Biography: James Reade Venable ( b. 1978, USA) is a photographer based in New York City and Brussels. His photos have been published in several Art publications including, 3 Elements Review and The Moving Force Journal. Since the mid -2000's James has... read on

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A woman being dragged by three police officers during a Times Square protest in the Spring of 2020

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Mother and Child stand on a graffitied Robert E. Lee monument in Richmond. Behind is written AmeriKKKa.

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I edited this photo taken a night protest at the Robert E. Lee monument. This is the only one still standing. I edited the colors to a red filter to signify the graffiti "Blood On Your Hands"

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Two young boys at the Robert E. Lee Monument, one is holding a Black Lives Matter sign.

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During a protest on a Police precinct in Astoria, Queens, NYC one of the protest leaders shaking hands to agree to a safe protest, in which the Police escorted and cleared the way for a protest, at times in the front of the the march.

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Deep into the fall when many protests had faded, the remnants still remained around the city. Photos of victims of Police brutality hang on Kent Ave. In Williamsburg. I composed this image to have it so it seems as if the police officer working hard on his cell phone is imprisoned by the photos of the victims of the Police.

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A crane getting ready to remove the Stonewall Jackson monument in Richmond, Virginia.

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At the Jefferson Davis monument which was removed by the protesters with the help of a pick up truck, A Black Family raises their fists in front of graffiti which reads "End White Supremacy"

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A dressed up couple on their way to a ball standing to pose in front of "End White Supremacy" on the Jefferson Davis (President Of The Confederacy) monument in Richmond, Virginia.

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A woman wearing a Love T-shirt leads a march on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia.

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A Black and White photo of Stonewall Jackson removed from the Monument base. I composed this photo to represent a sort of philosophical lynching of Stonewall Jackson. A terrorizing technique to murder the Black population of the south for hundreds of years.

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The Black Lives Matters movement happening in every form.

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A man takes a historic photo on his iPhone of the removal of Stonewall Jackson.

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Visual Artists projected BLM, Black Lives Matter, and a picture of George Floyd, along with the faces of other victims for a few nights in Richmond, Virginia.

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"Say Their Names" became a popular catch phrase of the BLM movement to help commemorate and commence chants for those who lost their lives to Police Brutality.

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Lightning Stikes after the removal of Stonewall Jackson. The sun shines off in the distance.

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A white person wearing a black glove during a protest in Astoria, NYC to show alliance to the BLM movement.

Public Story

2020 and the George Floyd and Black Lives Matters Movement In Review

Credits: james reade venable

Updated: 01/19/21

Location: New York City, Richmond

Archived as: Activism, Arrests and Prosecutions, Black Lives Matter, BLM, Civil Rights, Civil War Monuments, Civil Wars, Community, Discrimination, Documentary, Dying/Death, Editorial, George Floyd, Graffiti, Historical, Minority, New York City, Photography, Photojournalism, Protests, Racism, Reporting, Richmond

2020 and the George Floyd and Black Lives Matters Movement In Review, visually documents the moments of this past year in New York and Richmond. There are photos from Times Square and Astoria Protests in New York as well as in Richmond, especially the day the Stone Wall Jackson Monument was removed.