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2013: Exhibitions

501 Photographs

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“I’ve been taking photographs since I was in high school. I’ve got a terrible memory and a tendency towards voyeurism. I was also born with a mild binocular vision disorder which means that essentially I have no depth perception and see the world mostly flat, like a photograph. But that’s not really important.”

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A Selection of Past Recipients … The Tierney Fellowship

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The Tierney Fellowship was created in 2003 by The Tierney Family Foundation to support emerging artists in the field of photography.  The primary goal of the Fellowship is to find tomorrow’s distinguished artists and leaders in the world of photography and assist them in overcoming the challenges that a photographer faces at the beginning of his or her career.

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A Survey of Documentary Styles in Early 21st century Photobooks

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The Indie Photobook Library’s seminal traveling exhibition, curated by Larissa Leclair and Darius Himes, arrives in New York, after stops in San Francisco and DC. “A Survey of Documentary Styles in early 21st century Photobooks” draws from the iPL collection and features 70 photobooks, along with a selection of photographs from the books.

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Aaj Tak

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Aaj Tak, by Linka Odom, is an outdoor photographic light box installation that takes the viewer on a visual journey through modern India – Aaj Tak loosely translates as ‘til today’ in the Hindi language.

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Camera Obscura

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The camera obscura was developed in Europe around the 13th century and was one of the inventions that led to photography. Just like your eye, as light passes through a small aperture the image is projected upside down on the opposite surface retaining its perspective and color.

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CanberraVille

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Canberra Lab is the actualisation of a latent desire of a group of young architects and designers to establish a discourse within Canberra’s design community. Through building platforms to critique, discuss and discover Canberra’s built environment Canberra Lab fosters an exoteric dialogue between architecture, design and art.

 

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Captive

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“Captive” is a photo series documenting zoo animals in their un-natural environment. Gaston Lacombe has been gathering photos from zoos all around the world since 2009. This body of work currently represents 16 zoos, in 9 countries, on 5 continents and constantly keeps growing as he visits more zoos.

 

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CCNY Darkroom Residency Program 2013

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Camera Club of New York (CCNY) presents the work of four NYC emerging photographers chosen for its 2013 Darkroom Residency Program: Pierre Le Hors, Lijun “Pixy” Liao, Francesco Palombi, and Brea Souders.

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DEAR DAVE,

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The work chosen for Dear Dave, has been notable for its originality, intelligence and an informed relationship with photographic discourse, both historical and contemporary. Often playful, the work deserves to be more fully known.

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Disco Night Sept 11

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TIME LightBox presents work from Peter van Agtmael’s forthcoming book “Disco Night Sept 11” (Red Hook Editions). The project includes photographs shot on assignment for TIME, as well as his latest video produced by TIME’s Red Border Films.

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Documenting the Build of Brooklyn Bridge Park

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Julienne Schaer’s photos of the build of the Brooklyn Bridge Park comprise a visual documentary that illustrates the transformation of Brooklyn’s industrial waterfront into a world-class park.

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Don’t Stay Here

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The discovery of New Amsterdam is a well known example from the past. Nowadays many artist get inspired abroad. Photographers are the antennae of society, they have their own ideas about what is going on and know how to create the right image that reflects that idea and makes people think.

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Drawn to Water: NYC H2O

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To celebrate the success of Drawn To Water (a floating photographic exhibition) the East River Ferry invited photographers to share their favorite photos that illustrates the relationship between NYC and H2O.

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Fractured: The Shale Play

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The rush to drill down and explode the ground in pursuit of energy is transforming the natural landscape in rural America. Photographing this kind of industrial activity presents a paradox.

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Fruitland

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For the past year, Alison Zavos has been collecting peculiar photographs of fruit for this group exhibition that she is calling Fruitland. Similar to picking the perfect piece of ripe, delicious-looking fruit from a tree, she has searched hundreds of photographers’ websites and chosen the freshest, strangest still life photos to present at Photoville 2013.

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Heaven’s Gain

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July 5th, 2013 “Hey Bro, well its 7 months today since you was taken away from us . . . I know you don’t want to see us down & heart broken. It is going to get harder b4 it get easy but we trying.”

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How Sandy Hit Rockaway

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Almost a year after Hurricane Sandy hit the coastal areas of New York and New Jersey, the road to recovery is still long and hard. With so many images in the mass media depicting landscapes of devastation and disaster immediately after Hurricane Sandy, How Sandy Hit Rockaway focuses on the people affected by the disaster and the unique obstacles to recovery facing each individual.

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Interrogations

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Interrogations is about a place where justice, mercy, hope, and despair are manufactured, bought, bartered, and sold; a sound-proofed factory where truth is both the final product and the one thing that never leaves the room.

 

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Intervals

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The works in this exhibition represent the collective conversation being undertaken by this current generation of emerging artists. These artists are unapologetic in their pursuit to locate themselves and activate their ideas in this rapidly evolving world.

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Keep On Dreaming

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“Keep on Dreaming” shows the mental representation of thoughts, concepts, symbols and dreams of 23 Dutch Photographers. They invite you to a world of new ideas, romantic imagination and endless possibilities.

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Latin American Fotografía y Ilustración Uno

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AI-AP presents the premiere collection from the Latin American Fotografía y Ilustración competition. From 1,500 images the international jury selected only 20 photographs and 20 illustrations. From the winning collection, 10 photos and 10 illustration are presented in a special, traveling exhibit produced by Epson.

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Liberia: Remembering

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The bloody siege of Monrovia in 2003 marked the culmination of 10 years of brutal civil war in Liberia, a West African country that was originally established as a colony for freed African-American slaves in the 19th century. Photojournalists who covered the battles in Liberia’s capital in 2003 captured vivid and often brutal images of the violence that engulfed the country.

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Lost and Found

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This piece is an attempt to dramatize these parallel experiences, each as crystalized by a photograph – the first taken at Ellis Island in 1905, the second in San Diego in 1989. These images were assigned to two acclaimed playwrights, who each imagined the experience of his photograph’s subjects. The Electromagnetic Theater, a contemporary radio drama company, produced the resulting plays for this installation.

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Manezh Square

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MANEZH SQUARE is a 3D Photo-Composite constructed from Hi-8mm video still frames. The original material is a continuous 20-minute recording of a massive demonstration (supporting political and economic reforms) in Manezh Square, Moscow, in September, 1990.

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Martial Arts

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Martial Arts is a combination of the “WarHeads” triptych and its sister series of alphabet prints, “Warphabet”. Both bodies of work cover the same subject matter from different directions, trying to better complete the way armed conflicts are presented and understood.

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Metropolis

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As of October 31, 2011, 7 billion souls inhabit this planet. The U.N. Population Fund also estimates that more than half the world’s population is now living in an urban area, a figure that is expected to rise to 70 percent by 2050.

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Mimage-Matic Features

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Ed Kimball’s movie installation explores a series of paradoxically juxtaposed 8mm and super 8 home movies that form a mysterious fusion of simultaneous projections in and around his reconstructed utility trailer that he calls YellowTAG. His installation offers ironic twists that culminate in a clash of both accident and intent in a surreal motion picture experience.
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Model Release

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Model Release presents a carefully curated selection of the most sought-after haircuts, performed at the Astor Place Barber Shop, circa 1985.

 

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Ocean Beach

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As a photographer Douglas is interested in the cottages still showing signs of a bygone era when wood paneling, vibrant colors, and kitsch decorations were the order of the day. He always felt it was a race against time to visually preserve the cottages. That was based on the rapid pace of cottages being renovated and modernized to attract more potential vacationers on the competitive rental market.

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One Is All You Need

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PORTRAITS OF NEW YORK’S FIXIE RIDERS

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Only in Burundi

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The past two years photographer Anaïs López and writer Eva Smallegange worked on this project and eventually succeeded in making a new book about Burundi: a book with a positive outlook, containing personal stories of Koky, their guide and the main narrator.

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Perspectives

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This summer, 38 young people from the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Brownsville and Red Hook were able to participate in PhotoVoice, a participatory photography program that teaches a documentary style of photography focused on issues related to their neighborhoods and self-exploration. The goals of this program are to empower participants, inform policy-makers, and raise awareness about issues facing these young people.

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Photo Requests from Solitary

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What would a person in complete isolation want to see? Men in solitary confinement at Tamms supermax prison in Illinois were asked to request a photograph of anything in the world, real or imagined, and Tamms Year Ten found photographers to make the images.

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Photographic Orchard with Cherry Blossom Trees

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In 2012 United Photo Industries commissioned Gardener André Feliciano to cultivate a Camera Greenhouse which captivated young and old and was a hit of PHOTOVILLE last year!

This year – we gave Andre an assignment: Impress us even more! And boy, has he!

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Project Amelia

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I knew by the stillness that settled into the room that my reality was changed. I looked at my doctor: “You think it’s cancer.”

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Rebels

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Photography is the perfect medium by which to present that instant, that spark of fire, we call the Rebel. These images describe the essence of anyone who has refused to conform to society and retains their individualism, or goes against the tide artistically, socially or politically.
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Reporting Our World

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‘Reporting Our World’ uses five key photographs to shine a light on domestic and global issues documented by NBC News anchor/correspondent Ann Curry. The images are brought to life utilizing augmented reality technology, creating an interactive, multimedia experience which connects Ann Curry’s broadcast journalism with her passion for photography.
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River Gambia: A 1044km African Odyssey

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When photographer Jason Florio got word that plans were afoot to create a massive hydro-electric dam on the River Gambia – one of Africa’s last free-flowing major rivers – he knew he wanted to attempt to follow the river’s course, before the natural flow was choked. Conservationists fear the dam will have massive environmental impact on many communities, as well as wildlife that rely on the natural flow and seasonal rise and fall of the water.

 

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Small Town Inertia

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“Small Town Inertia” explores the intimate and untold stories of marginalised individuals in the small rural community in which photographer J A Mortram lives, in East Anglia, UK.

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STATE

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Paolo Woods photographs the long term, beyond current affairs; he touches on the crux, the raw edge, of human stories. After investigating the oil industry, George Bush’s wars in Iraq and in Afghanistan, the Chinese in Africa, and Iran, he decided to settle in Haiti.

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Stories and Images from Maine

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For forty years, Salt students have been documenting the people and places of Maine through images, sound, writing and now multimedia. Featured here are engaging images and multimedia pieces that represent the depth of storytelling and technical artistry of our students as well as the wide variety of stories that they have found.
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The Depository of Unwanted Photographs

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We create and circulate millions of images every week. Many of these never exist beyond digital formats; stuck in our phones or transferred to computers on their way to social media sites. We are constantly employing choices, consciously and subconsciously, to share or overlook images. If we accept the mantra that ‘we are all photographers’ then aren’t we all photo-editors too?

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The Great Outdoors

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Photo District News is proud to present all of the winners of the 2013 Great Outdoors photo contest. Special Congratulations to Professional grand-prize winner, Matt Dayka, and amateur grand-prize winner, Rick Sereque. The professional first-place winners are Andrew Peacock, Jeff Schultz, Michele Westmorland and Kristin Braga Wright, and amateur first-place winners are Ben Adkison, Raed Al-Jawad, Andrei Duman and Mary Gretchen Kaplan.

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The Sequel

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Photographers know the frustration better than anyone else: you have invested a lot of time in a subject but know that all you have done is scraped the surface of a much more complex story. With support from the Mondriaan Fund, Noorderlicht offered seven Dutch photographers the chance to return to a subject close to their heart and deepen, sharpen or nuance their work on it with a new series.

 

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The View From Here

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This mini-exhibition is a selection of work from the students of the 2013 One-Year Certificate Programs at the ICP School, and showcases the amazing talents of these recent alumni.

 

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The View from Nowhere

Brooklyn Bridge Park – Pier 5 Uplands

Conveyor Arts presents a site-specific exhibition, and reading room installation with selected photobooks by small publishers and and self-published artists, based around the themes of industrial landscape, shipping routes, and transportation.

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Tierney Fellowship 2012

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The Tierney Fellowship is awarded to young photographers after graduating from a partner school…USA, Mexico, So. Africa, Chine and India.  The Tierney Fellowship was created in 2003 by The Tierney Family Foundation to support emerging artists in the field of photography.

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Tyler Hicks: One Year

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Over more than a decade in Iraq and Afghanistan, in Somalia and Libya, capturing America’s wars, the Arab Spring and African civil conflict, Tyler Hicks has come to personify combat photography.

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West 13th Street Manhattan: A City’s Heartbeat

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In Koek’s City’s Heartbeat you are forced to move your eyes, to be a film projector of his untruthful moment in time. Like in a 19th century panorama painting experiencing, an event in motion. Creating the illusion of a fluid passage of a stretch of time. Embracing happenings in the past, the present and the future’s promise. Seemingly without a beginning and an end.

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2013: Sessions and Events

Artist Talk: Anais Lopez

Only in Burundi is a collaborative project by photographer Anais Lopez and writer Eva Smallegange. Lopez will talk about the story behind the project Only in Burundi and her voyage to discover Burundi trough all the layers of its society. She will elaborate on how this project came to be and discuss how artists can get projects published as an artist in these trying times.

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Artist Talk: Free Advice

This talk will regurgitate advice given to me through the years, especially pieces of it I found to apply well in the creative process, (or ones that make me sound intelligent) and try to explain how a sweet boy, good with a pencil (as my late father lovingly used to describe me) turned into a picture making maniac with workaholic tendencies and illusions of grandeur. A grueling Q&A session will follow.

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Artist Talk: Gerard H. Gaskin

Gerard H. Gaskin, 2012 winner of the Center for Documentary Studies/Honickman First Book Prize in Photography, will present and discuss work from his forthcoming book, Legendary: Inside the House Ballroom Scene.

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Artist Talk: Jerry Vezzuso

Artist Jerry Vessuzo will present and discuss his photo and video work which represent the dynamics of a working class family in New York City. He will also share about his current projects and zines in the making.

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Artist Talk: Martin Roemers

Martin Roemers (b. 1962, Netherlands) embarked on Metropolis in 2009 to document this process of urbanization by focusing on the world’s megacities – places with a population of more than ten million people. How can people live in cities that are so vast yet so incredibly crowded and hectic?

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Artist Talk: Nina Berman, Fracking the Marcellus Shale

Documentary photographer Nina Berman (NOOR) will present images from “Fractured:the Shale Play” and engage in conversation with Alex Beauchamp of Food and Water Watch about fracking in the New York area and the greater Marcellus Shale region. Rebecca Roter, a resident of Susquehanna County, PA, will join to talk about living with and organizing around hydraulic fracturing.

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Artist Talk: Paolo Woods

Paolo Woods, in conversation with Fred Ritchin, discusses his recent project State in which he explores the forging of a national identity in Haiti.

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Artist Talk: Sara Naomí Lewkowicz

Sara Naomí Lewkowicz, a graduate student studying photojournalism at Ohio University, began photographing Shane and Maggie in September of 2012. She had set out to document the difficulties Shane faced as a convicted felon trying to rebuild his life. One night, after several months of intermittently documenting the couple, the mounting tensions in their relationship exploded into violence, which Sara documented. During this artist talk, Sara will walk the audience through the events of the evening and her experience that transitioned her life and career from a student to a photojournalist and advocate against domestic abuse.

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Artist Talk: Wayne Lawrence

INSTITUTE artist Wayne Lawrence will be in conversation with independent curator Elisabeth Biondi, discussing Lawrence’s new book, ‘Orchard Beach: The Bronx Riviera’.

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Ask A Web Designer Anything

Question and Answer format. I invite and pose questions and give honest and specific answers drawing on the following themes as a framework: websites and portfolios, blogs, hosting, speeding up your website, SEO, social media, online advertising, workflow, one size fits no-one, making a website for the long term.

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Bring it to the Table

In the past decade, politics replaced sex as the one thing in America we don’t discuss in mixed company. Bring It to The Table defies that rule by engaging people to examine not just what they believe politically, but why.

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Build Your Online Presence in One Day

The number one thing on a photographer’s mind is their photography, but how to get it out for the world to see may be a hurdle some don’t want to jump. Resource Magazine will give you the quick start guide on how to set up your website, social media presence and marketing in just one day.

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Collecting Color Photography

Since its inception, the medium of color photography has developed and expanded rapidly and with it, the market for collecting color photography continues to evolve. From the perspective of collectors, dealers and curators, this panel examines the market – discussing what is being collected, who is collecting, where collectors find new work and how color photography is valued.

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Community Collaborations

In community-based art and participatory photography programs, artists collaborate with people whose lives directly inform the subject matter. Photography is used to express collective meaning, help participants find their voice, and build community. Panelists will discuss their work in the field and the challenges they face.

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Creative Manipulations with Impossible Film

Image manipulation & emulsion lifts give you the freedom to play with your instant film images, allowing you to expand your skill set to create distinctive works of art through experimentation.

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Cut the Crap – A Brief History of Editing

This video seminar examines the process of editing film and video, and how that process has evolved over time. From early editing experiments at the dawn of moving pictures, to the frantic pace of the music video generation, we’ll be discussing some of the more unique advancements in the art of editing, as well as tips to tightening up your own work.

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Cyanotypes – Blue Photographic Prints from Sunlight

In 1842 Sir John Herschel decided that the Daguerreotype, the first photographic printing process, was too expensive, difficult and potentially lethal. Thus, he invented in that year the printing process to which he gave the name Cyanotype.

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Cyanotypes – Blue Photographic Prints from Sunlight

In 1842 Sir John Herschel decided that the Daguerreotype, the first photographic printing process, was too expensive, difficult and potentially lethal. Thus, he invented in that year the printing process to which he gave the name Cyanotype.

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Daylight 10 Year Anniversary

Featuring highlights from Daylight’s multimedia program.

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Demo: 8×10 Large Format Demonstration and Portrait Session

Impossible is getting bigger than ever before, and we have now tackled the world of large format film! We will show off our silvershade 8×10 instant film and large portrait camera, which register striking detail and clarity with the warmth of analog film.

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Demo: 8×10 Large Format Demonstration and Portrait Session

Impossible is getting bigger than ever before, and we have now tackled the world of large format film! We will show off our silvershade 8×10 instant film and large portrait camera, which register striking detail and clarity with the warmth of analog film.

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Diana Dialogues

Trace the Diana’s roots back to where it all began: learn how the camera has created trends and become a classic artistic tool for several generations of photographers.

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Documenting Communities Impacted by Gun Violence

The Magnum Foundation’s panel discussion will highlight the experiences of photographers and activists working in communities affected by gun violence. Issues of access, process, and protection for photographers will be addressed. Organized in conjunction with MF’s installation at Photoville: Heaven’s Gain: Recent work by Justin Maxon.

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Exposure Basics

Are your images washed out? too dark, Blurry? This seminar will cover the principles of light and exposure and how they react with your camera. We’ll cover shooting modes such as program, aperture and shutter priority, and manual mode, as well as different metering techniques and when to use them.

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Family Matters

Daylight’s Fall 2013 books all riff on the idea of family. In a panel discussion with the artists we will discuss the pleasures and difficulties of depicting ones close relations. Featuring Sarah Christianson, Henry Jacobson, Sara Macel and Katie Murray. Moderated by Taj Forer and Michael Itkoff.

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Film Winding Workshop

Brooklyn’s ORWO North America will host a live demo and workshop in 35mm, exotic, film bulk-loading. With this workshop you will learn how to spool your own film into 35mm canisters, harness exotic films not available in 35mm canister form, learn to save money on 35mm film, and expose yourself to the true romance of film handling.

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Fred Ritchin, Bending the Frame

This talk discusses the issues in the recently published book, Bending the Frame: Photojournalism, Documentary, and the Citizen, which addresses the emerging potentials for visual media to impact society, and the necessity of reframing this conversation: What kinds of photographic projects succeed now? Can there be a photography of peace, not just of war? What is the role for a new metaphotography? How does the digital complicate things, and make them easier?

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Great Portraits in 15 Seconds

This workshop is aimed at anyone who wants to take better portraits whether of friends, family or strangers in the street. David Graham is a UK based award-winning portrait photographer who believes anyone can take great portraits in a short time. David shows you his tips and tricks and by the end you will know how.

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Great Portraits in 15 Seconds

This workshop is aimed at anyone who wants to take better portraits whether of friends, family or strangers in the street.

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How’d They Do That?

Ever see an amazing photo and wonder “how’d they do that?” Photographers do this all the time, and it’s a great exercise for sharpening your skills so you too can be taking amazing pictures.

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INSTITUTE TELLS STORIES

INSTITUTE TELLS STORIES is an evening presentation by artists Elinor Carucci, Wayne Lawrence and Paolo Woods, who will be presenting their latest bodies of work.

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Intro to Impossible

This workshop teaches the ins and outs of the most popular vintage Polaroid camera, and will help you optimize your 600 camera with our new film mediums.

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iPhoneography 101

In this class we’ll cover the mechanics of shooting with an iPhone, as well as some of its most useful and established camera and social media sharing apps. We’ll also cover some of the history of color photography and talk composition, color and the philosophies of informal snapshot photography.

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KidZines

Zines are an exciting part of the photobook scene right now. They are lo-fi publications, often diy, that are unlimited and unconventional in subject matter.

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Lighting for Fashion

Students will be led through different lighting systems to produce images for both commercial and editorial use. Explore lighting, posing, and styling techniques for catalog and artistic fashion imagery.

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Luminance: A Photographer’s Guide to Navigating the Art World

This panel will feature several gallery owners who will shed light on how to not only break into the art world, but also how to maintain these relationships to build an art audience for your photography.

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Luminance: Bringing Your C Game (Creativity!) to an Editorial Shoot

Using his creativity and inherent quirky personality, Peter has won the hearts of countless celebrity subjects and photo editors. Join him and Rolling Stone’s Photo Editor, Deborah Dragon, to get a behind-the-scenes look at how photographers and editors work together to brainstorm, produce, and sell their ideas for a shoot – sometimes in three minutes or less.

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Luminance: Guerilla Marketing For Photographers With Little-To-No Time

PhotoShelter CEO and marketing guru Andrew Fingerman will share his tips on how to get the word out and attract potential clients. We guarantee you’ll walk away with at least one idea you can implement the next time you’re racking your brain for innovative marketing ideas.

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Luminance: iPhoneography – Making Money With Your Phone

Whether it’s brands wanting to access their 1 million followers on Instagram, workshops featuring iPhoneography technique, or even commissioned editorial shoots for photos taken with a cellphone, there’s money in cellphoneography. This panel of magazine editors and pro photographers will talk about what drove the shift from contempt to fervor for this truly innovative photographic style.

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Luminance: Photo Books – Path to Profit?

We all know that people are looking at photos more often than ever. But are we all just focused on the online world? Maybe not. Photo books – the offline kind – are becoming more prevalent than ever. But can you make money from them?

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Luminance: PhotoShelter Peer Review Happy Hour

Bring your book (or iPad), grab a beer, and get ready to get and give some unbiased feedback on your and your peers’ portfolios in this informal peer portfolio review event hosted by PhotoShelter. Think of it as a portfolio review without the pressure of being in front of a potential buyer – or like speed dating for photographers!

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Luminance: The Future of Copyright

If you’re like many (many!) photographers out there, then United States copyright law is probably pretty daunting. But here’s the thing – understanding the ins and outs of copyright is an asset to your business. This panel helps lift the veil on this cumbersome topic, and discusses how to balance protecting and sharing your images.

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Marvin Heiferman, Photography Changes Everything

Curator/writer Marvin Heiferman in conversation with Pete Brook about photography’s impact in our lives, exploring how photographs package information and values, demand and hold attention, and shape our knowledge of and experience in the world.

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MediaStorm Presents

Brian Storm will present on digital storytelling and the cinematic narrative. Citing work by his production company, Storm will emphasize how storytelling continues to evolve as a result of technological innovations and an expanding media universe. The digital age gives filmmakers, documentary photographers and photojournalists extraordinary and unprecedented new ways to tell stories.

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Motivation, Marketing and Moxie

Geared towards marketing, this one-hour workshop is designed for artists who are ready to take control of their careers and move towards their goals at a swift pace.

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Opening of Photoville 2013

Join us for Photoville’s opening celebration!

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Perfect Pinholes

Lensless photography is as old-school as it gets, and Lomography is all about celebrating the limitless creativity of analog pinhole photography. All are welcome, but a basic understand of photography is helpful.

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Personal Projects, Long-term Commitment

Meet three photographers who are successfully executing personal projects. They will discuss the challenges of making the work, and the successes they are gaining in the process. There will be opportunity for questions from the audience.

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Perspectives in Documentary Photography

This interactive, bilingual workshop will explore the impact and importance of documentary photography in telling personal and political stories.

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Photo 2.0 — Online Photographic Thinking

Inspired by the Web’s innovations, Andy Adams has published FlakPhoto.com, an online art space that promotes photography from within the online community, since 2006. He’ll explore the intersection of online publishing, social media, and community collaboration in this lively discussion about photography in the Internet Era.

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Photo Requests from Solitary

The “Photo Requests from Solitary” event at Photoville brings together artists, activists, journalists, and survivors of solitary confinement. This panel discussion with accompanying slide show will introduce audiences to the reality of torture taking place in their own backyards, while exploring the power of photography to humanize one of the most marginalized group of people in our society, educate the public and the press, and spur social change on one of our most pressing domestic human rights issues.

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Photography Shaping Communities

In this panel, students from the program in Brownsville and Red Hook will present their photographs from the summer followed by a conversation about participatory photography, and ways that photography can be used to address social justice issues in the community.

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Photojournalism in Flux: A Matter of Ethics or Context?

The past year or so has been filled with controversy and debate about particular news images. An expert panel looks at key examples. The goal is to understand these debates less in terms of ethical breaches than the result of rapid shifts in aesthetics and technology and the continuing evolution of both social media and the online news/media market.

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Plastic Fantastic

What is so fantastic about a camera that is plastic? Where do we begin!? Let’s sit down and discuss some of our favorite plastic cameras like the Fisheye, the Oktomat, or the Supersampler. They all have a unique personality and they have wiggled their way into our Lomographic hearts.

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Question Bridge: Black males

Question Bridge: Black Males opens a window onto the complex and often unspoken dialogue among Black men, creating an intimate and essentially genuine experience for viewers and subjects. This project brings the full spectrum of what it means to be “black” and “male” in America to the forefront. “Blackness” ceases to be a simple, monochromatic concept.

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Shooting People – The Art of the Street Approach

This class is a hands-on experience to help photographers overcome their fear of approaching unknown people for photographs. We discuss the current laws for photographers in regards to public photography, as well as general etiquette, and we’ll run exercises for students to become more comfortable and more prepared when approaching new subjects.

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SLIDELUCK NYC XVII

SLIDELUCK XVII at Photoville 2013: a multimedia slideshow combined with a potluck dinner. Our 17th global mainstage show in NYC will exclusively focus on multimedia work and will be curated by Kira Pollack, Director of Photography for TIME Magazine. Guests are encouraged to bring a home-cooked dish to share and additional consumables will be available through on-site food trucks and the Brooklyn Brewery bar.

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Superstorm Sandy: Photographers Perspectives

A panel discussion with photographers who covered Superstorm Sandy during the storm, it’s aftermath and the ongoing recovery. Participants include Susannah Ray, Benjamin Lowy, Wyatt Gallery, Douglas Ljungkvist, and Kisha Bari. Moderated by Sean Corcoran, Curator of Prints and Photographs at the Museum of the City of New York.

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TeenZines

A zine workshop for teens led by Conveyor Arts!
Zines are an exciting part of the photobook scene right now. They are lo-fi publications, often diy, that are unlimited and unconventional in subject matter.

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The FotoVisura Annual: A Night Projection

Photography, as a mode of communication, has a particular quality of addressing us without speaking down to us. The distance between viewer and subject can be reconciled with the intimacy of studying and inspecting each detail of a photograph. This exhibition seeks to inspire dialogue & quiet conversations with the viewer, transcending cultural and political boundaries.

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The FotoVisura Annual: A Night Projection

This exhibition seeks to showcase outstanding personal projects by photographers worldwide—who also demonstrate the characteristics of leadership, dedication, commitment and interest in taking action by using their images to bring about awareness to a specific cause or situation in today’s world. Each project is the result of individual voices resonating worldwide. This projection celebrates emerging leaders in photography, who are part of the FotoVisura International community.

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The Future of Analog – Meet the Impossible Instant Lab

The Impossible Instant Lab is an innovative tool that turns digital iPhone images into real analog instant photos on Impossible film. In this talk we’ll discuss the details of the device, do a live demonstration, and field questions from the audience.

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Workshop: DIY Guide to Rock Photography

A hands on introduction to rock photography where we explore iconic rock photographs, learn the fundamentals of concert photography and then make compelling pictures of a live band.

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Workshop: Impossible Instant Lab Demo

Impossible has been reinventing photography since 2008, when it first started producing new film for Polaroid cameras. Now we are once again changing the world of analog film with the introduction of our first hardware.

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