reply, 2023

A photo series by Collin Riggins

Searching through a database of old historical newspapers, Collin was haunted to discover a clipping that documented the wrongful detainment of his great grandfather when he was a teenager. This clipping forced Collin to meditate on a nightmarish reality where his ancestor was turned into another statistic at the hands of police, revealing the vulnerable confrontation with mortality that countless African Americans grapple with daily.