Today I grieve the loss of Michael Brown, and I reaffirm my commitment to documenting the lives of the Black men around me.

In a society whose officers of the law too often react to young Black men as though their very existence is a crime, Black men’s simple, daily tasks are acts of resistance. When a Black man carries out the activities of his daily life with style, self-assurance, and beauty, his resistance becomes a work of art.

Ajuan Mance