The Peale is excited to share stories and photos by Daisy Brown, a native Baltimorean, who is working on a audio-diary project called, "Stoop Shoots." From a safe distance, Daisy is taking photos of people in East Baltimore on their stoops and in the surrounding neighborhood. She's also capturing black-and-white vignettes of street corners, parks, and sidewalks in East Baltimore.
The Peale loves Baltimore’s trumpet players and has been honored to host both John Lamkin and Cameron Sterrett from the Camz Soundz & Vibrationz quartet. In this video, Jay Clarke plays "Redbone" by Childish Gambino.
"Stoop Shoots" is part of the Be Here: Baltimore storytelling program and a new way to discover the people and places of the city. To date, we have shared more than 1,500 stories online, at the Peale Center, and in Baltimore’s communities. Hear stories from around Baltimore and record your own on the Peale’s website or using the Free Be Here Stories App for iOS.
Transcript:
Daisy: Hi, I'm Daisy brown, Staff Photographer for The Peale, and welcome to Stoop Shoots, where once a week, I will feature photos of residents in the neighborhoods of East Baltimore.
On a late Thursday morning in May, I was walking through Fells Point, trying to capture some more images for the Stoop Shoots series, and I heard some music in the air, and it was a trumpet being played, and as I got closer it was a young man, a young black man to be specific, playing a beautiful trumpet. The sun was hitting the brass just right and people were talking and enjoying the outdoors. They were walking their dogs and he was playing along with a recorded track as you’ll hear in this clip. So, I decided to go over and capture of few images of him and the individuals walking around, listening to the music, taking it in, and some of them stopped and made a donation, and so I was taking a picture of the actual bucket that he was taking the collection in and I happened to take the photograph on an angle where you only see you “accepted,” and when I went back to edit, it was very profound to me because that would be the one thing that was focused on that object was “accepted” and which I felt like he wanted to have that feeling from those that were enjoying the music. Take a listen to Jay Clarke, a trumpet player from Baltimore as he serenades the people in Fell’s Point.
Jay Clarke: [Trumpet music playing].
Daisy: Until next time, thank you for watching Stoop Shoots.
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