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Two individuals are close together, one lighting a cigarette for the other. The person on the left has light skin, wears a tan baseball cap, and has chest tattoos. The person on the right has dark skin and wears a red bucket hat and red and white sunglasses, holding the cigarette to their mouth.

Beginning in 2020, Saskia Kahn collaborated with a group of skaters at Roosevelt Park in Baltimore’s Hampden neighborhood. Skatepark Baltimore, centers the stories of a group of young people working to make the skatepark a more welcoming space for people who identify as queer, transgender, women, and Black femme. Drawing on the participatory practice of Photovoice, a community-based approach that uses photography to foster dialogue and social change, Skatepark Baltimore combines photographs of skaters, organizers, and the park itself with recorded conversations reflecting on identity, belonging, and collective care. Rather than observing from a distance, the project was developed in collaboration with participants, who helped shape its direction and meaning. Together, the photographs and voices reveal how public spaces can be transformed through community action, highlighting the power of shared experience to create environments that are more inclusive, supportive, and reflective of those who use them. Participants in the project include Milan Brown, Alexandria Carter, Tatiana Coleman, Max Frost, Tula Honkala, Jalen-Keyshawn Mann, Olivia Nevin, and Akiko Scott.

Two individuals are close together, one lighting a cigarette for the other. The person on the left has light skin, wears a tan baseball cap, and has chest tattoos. The person on the right has dark skin and wears a red bucket hat and red and white sunglasses, holding the cigarette to their mouth.
Milan Brown, Untitled, 2021, Inkjet print
A young person with light skin and short, spiky blonde hair looks down. They wear a dark t-shirt with a graphic of a light pink and blue cassette player and Japanese text.
Saskia Kahn, Turning twelve, 2020, Inkjet print
A person in a yellow shirt and dark pants is airborne on a bike, performing a trick in a concrete skatepark bowl. The bowl is covered in colorful graffiti.
Milan Brown, Max's big jump, 2021, Inkjet Print
A person seen from behind wears a black t-shirt with a large pink inverted triangle that reads 'VIOLENTLY QUEER.' The person has dark skin and green hair with red patches and wears a red long-sleeved shirt underneath.
Saskia Kahn, Violently Queer, 2020, Inkjet print,
Three people wearing helmets are seen from behind, looking out at an outdoor skatepark. The helmets are yellow, black with stickers, and mint green, with curly brown hair visible under the black helmet.
Milan Brown, 3, Inkjet print