Addressing the Representation of Black Culture in Photography
Aperture magazine dedicates its summer issue to black culture and black exp...
Aperture magazine dedicates its summer issue to black culture and black experience, through the work of black photographers.
![Martin: So you’re living on the streets these days?
Pranda: “Yes.
Martin: What happened?
Pranda: “Life.
Martin: How old are you?
Pranda: Twenty-two.
Martin: Do you hang out with a group of people?
Pranda: I’m more by myself, a loner, alone...
Martin: You’re not scared alone at night?
Pranda: I am scared of the dark. I really am afraid of the dark.
Martin: Where do you sleep?
Pranda: I have humbled myself to start sleeping on the sidewalk.
Martin: Always in this area [West Hollywood]?
Pranda: Yeah, this is all I know. I’ve been traveling since I was fifteen. I haven’t had a place to call home since then.
—Pranda Brown. Oct. 29, 2015.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/martin-schoeller-portraits-homeless-instagram-010.jpg "Martin-Schoeller-Portraits-homeless-instagram-010")