Boston Magazine: NAACP Convention

Brief

I photographed five Black leaders for Boston Magazine’s 2020 NAACP convention feature. Their portraits ran with Roadmap to a Better City.

Client

Boston Magazine

Team

Photography: Emmanuel Boakye-Appiah · Editorial: Boston Magazine · Feature edited by David S. Bernstein

Boston was supposed to host the NAACP national convention in 2020. COVID canceled the gathering, but the questions about race and equity in the city were still there. I made portraits for Boston Magazine’s story about it.

I photographed Makeeba McCreary, Conan Harris, Nia Grace, Emmett Price III, and Sheena Collier for Roadmap to a Better City. Each person spoke about a different part of life in Boston, from access to opportunity to who gets heard when decisions are made. I wanted readers to see the people behind those words.

I’m glad these portraits could sit beside their stories. The full piece is linked below and still worth reading.