Ruddy Roye on Instagram, Storytelling, and Risking the “Angry Black Man” Label

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Radcliffe Ruddy Roye is a Brooklyn based documentary photographer specializing in editorial and environmental portraits and photo-journalism photography.

Using Instagram as a tool of social activism, Ruddy Roye draws attention to racial and economic injustice in New York City, where he lives. In this video, he explains how he found his Instagram voice, and discusses the professional risks he is taking by refusing to look away and remain silent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RdMNHRMRTo

Here is a classic photo from Ruddy

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