Photo & Imaging alum Rian Dundon's images of the Summer 2020 protests in Portland, Oregon are featured this week in The Washington Post.
Photo editor Kenneth Dickerman writes:
I have been following Rian Dundon’s work for many years, starting way back when I worked as a photo editor at Time in New York City. His work has always been personal, a little raw and heavily stamped with his personal vision. He has never seemed to waver from that approach, from his extraordinary work during his time in China, showcased in his book “Changsha,” to his images working as a valet driver for a strip club in San Francisco.
Dundon’s photos from the ongoing protests in Portland, Ore., are no different. I think they are some of the best work covering the upheaval there. They are unflinchingly personal and, yes, raw. And this kind of work, in a time when budgets keep dwindling, making it more and more difficult to hire and highlight photographers with a strong sense of authorship, is becoming more rare. We are lucky to be able to showcase it here at The Washington Post, from work like Dundon’s to that of our staff photographers.