“The Personal IS Political”
Sydney J. Allen (b. 1992) is a Baltimore photographer, arts educator, and writer.
Artistically known as aBaltimoreGriot, Sydney J. Allen is a black femme photographer, writer, and arts educator.
Allen works from the ideology of “The Personal Is Political.” She recognizes that her identity is inherently political and thus the photographic work she creates is a form of resistance. She seeks to accentuate individuals systemically impacted by their marginalized identities using digital and film portraiture. Additionally she emphasizes her experiences living and growing up as a black woman in Baltimore with documentary photography.
Allen is currently an after school photography teacher and a contributing photographer and occasional contributing writer to the Baltimore Beat.
To Contact
abaltimoregriot@gmail.com