LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Frazier History Museum hosted a benefit Friday night for the Tyler Gerth Foundation.
Pictures and purpose came together for the benefit honoring the Louisville photographer killed during social justice protests.
Tyler Gerth was killed in Jefferson Square while documenting civic unrest after the death of Breonna Taylor. The museum is displaying his photographs in an exhibit called "Imagining Kentucky by Tyler Gerth."
"It's heavy stuff, right. It is his life's accomplishment and really, because he was a photographer for only a short period of time, his portfolio is quite limited, so to be able to display a large chunk of it here is such an honor and it's breathtaking," Gerth's sister, Brittany Loewen, said.Â
The foundation also partnered with Louisville Urban League to create the Tyler Growth Polaroid Project.
Kids are given a Polaroid camera and taught about photography; then they go and take pictures of the community.
"And so we love that idea that Tyler would just be thrilled to work with the youth and incorporate photography, and just kind of create that equity as well," said Tiffany Hensley, vice president of the Tyler Gerth Foundation.
Proceeds from the benefit and an auction benefit will support the Polaroid Project, scholarships and other community benefits.
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