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'Stains On The Sidewalk': Photographer Remembers Year Of Murders In Baltimore

For her project, "Stains on the Sidewalk," photographer Amy Berbert is memorializing each murder in Baltimore last year with a photograph taken on the "same day, same time, same place."
#92 Elisha Watson, 1 month, 5/4/16 at 6:05pm 500 E. Patapsco Ave.

In American cities, the murder rate has kept rising over the last couple of years. One of the most violent cities in the U.S. is Baltimore.

That's where 22-year-old photographer Amy Berbert lives. She's been documenting every murder that took place in Baltimore in 2016. The city has more than twice as many homicides per capita as Chicago.

"Same place, same time, same day, one year later," Berbert says aboutand Facebook.

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