An image of a woman calmly standing her ground as police rush her during a protest against law enforcement in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Sunday has many already calling the photo “iconic.”
The photo, taken by Jonathan Bachman of Reuters, has gone viral and is receiving major praise across the media landscape.
“I photographed someone arguing with an officer and then I looked over my shoulder and saw her there and she had every intention of not moving,” Bachman told BuzzFeed. “She just stood there and made her stand. I was just happy to be able to capture something like that.”
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The woman’s name is Ieshia Evans, according to Daily Mail. Police detained her after she joined a group of demonstrators who were protesting after police shot and killed Alton Sterling last Tuesday, but has since been released, according to the site. The Daily Mail said the 35-year-old is a nurse from New York and was partaking in her first protest.
Here are some of the reactions on Twitter.
#IeshiaEvans is my new hero. She and other Black women/mothers are the heart of the movement. #BlackLivesMatter https://t.co/UpSyZURDGu
— Kevin Nadal, Ph.D. (@kevinnadal) July 11, 2016
Anatomy of An Iconic Image: How this photograph of a protester in Baton Rouge could come to symboliz https://t.co/NhGLrx0vyX
— FIVE SEVEN MAGAZINE (@whoshotyaphotos) July 11, 2016
That photo. The “Tiananmen Square moment” of the Black Lives Matter movement. #BlackLivesMatter #iconic pic.twitter.com/fc8QLs5lgL
— Stephen G. Rae (@StephenGeoRae) July 11, 2016
https://twitter.com/olgamcis/status/752561907542876160
https://twitter.com/davidc7/status/752561123442982913
Photo from Baton Rouge quickly becoming iconic image of protests https://t.co/xROvvUw1tV
— CBS4 Indy (@CBS4Indy) July 11, 2016
A new iconic image is born. Wonderful capture Jonathan Bachman https://t.co/R1S43aEMnm
— Joel Mason-Gaines (@JoelMGs) July 11, 2016
https://twitter.com/andrewkueneman/status/752553796732059648
Powerful image out of Baton Rouge https://t.co/rP30vd6JRD #photojournalism pic.twitter.com/uBtbSFItxE
— Jim Rankin (@Jleerankin) July 11, 2016
https://twitter.com/nlynnbogart/status/752550124530774016
https://twitter.com/j_laumann/status/752486163055800321
Trying to track down #IeshiaEvans to speak to @BBCNews about THAT picture and #BlackLivesMatter … Do you know her? pic.twitter.com/I30OT0GsGj
— Kerry Alexandra (@KerryAlexandra) July 11, 2016
May I find a fraction of #IeshiaEvans' calm strength and fearlessness within my own scaredy-pants self #Respect #BlackLivesMatter
— Sally J. (@sally_j) July 11, 2016
Her name is Ieshia Evans.
That is not a lowercase L. Names matter.#IeshiaEvans
— triplingual (@triplingual) July 11, 2016
#IeshiaEvans NBC News, Today Show producer interested in talking to you …
— Kip Grosenick (@Kipgtv) July 11, 2016
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