Growing up in Washington DC​’s Capitol Hill neighbourhood, photographer Beverly Price remembers a feeling of belonging in the predominantly Black community. ​“I grew up on Lexington Place NE, just a few blocks from the Capitol, and it really felt like a village,” she says. ​“All the children played together, neighbours knew each other, and people would have pizza parties, block parties, and gatherings where everyone was welcome.” 

But after returning home from prison in 2006, Price realised things had changed. Her family sold their house two years later; today she feels estranged from the place she once called home. ​“My connection with place is really what led me to photography,” she says. ​“Washington DC is not just where I am from, it is a place that raised me, taught me, and shaped how I see people and community.” 

“As I got older, I started to see the city change very quickly,” Price continues. ​“Families were moving and a lot of the communities I remembered were disappearing or being pushed out. The everyday life I grew up around was not being documented in a real and honest way. I felt like I needed to document the people and places that mattered to me before they disappeared.”