A Golden Child

Just a few weeks before this photo this young man had been incarcerated—this image was made while we both stood in line at Disneyland. What was brilliant about his mind was his reaction to incarceration and new found freedom was more than a physical one. The time he spent locked away made him realize that he wanted to do and see more—he wanted to live and he wanted to love. We talked about places around the world to travel to and how much of the world was out there waiting for him. We talked Europe, Japan, Cuba...we talked about the system and the ways in which it entangles young black like a serpent. We talked about loved ones lost and the birth of children. We talked about life, two black men standing in line, at Disneyland...the happiest place on Earth. About a week after this photo, California along with most of the Nation, went on lockdown as a response to the Covid 19 outbreak. I think of him often these days, I think of freedom and what it looks like often... (Los Angeles, Ca