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Exhibitions Tagged #Animals

The Hidden World of Hyenas

Washington Street and Prospect Street
 archive

In the spotted hyenas’ world, females rule. That may be the secret to their success.

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Urban Wildlife

Washington Street and Prospect Street
 archive : 2023

As lines have blurred between nature and city in the United States, we’ve created the perfect sanctuaries for urban carnivores. Here’s why.

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Up the mountain, to a world apart

Washington Street and Prospect Street
 archive : 2023

A flat-topped peak high above the Amazon rainforest gives researchers a chance to identify new species and unlock secrets of evolution. The biggest challenge: getting there.

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The Guardian Warriors

Winter Garden Gallery, Brookfield Place
 archive : 2023

Reteti elephant sanctuary takes in orphaned and abandoned elephant calves with an aim to release them back into the wild herds adjoining the Sanctuary.

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Nature Preserve

Brooklyn Bridge Park – Emily Warren Roebling Plaza
 archive : 2023

Nature Preserve depicts an imagined paradise filled with beauty and abundance, creating a fantasy of what could be if humans choose not to destroy the Earth’s ecosystems.

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South Korean Animal Cafes

Brooklyn Bridge Park – Emily Warren Roebling Plaza
 archive : 2023

What’s for sale at an animal café? Something very precious: Contact.

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The urgent need to protect the Serengeti’s intricate web of life

Washington Street and Prospect Street
 archive : 2022

Presented by National Geographic

The vast and varied ecosystem of thousands of plant and animal species is a place of astonishing resilience — but it needs the support of Kenyans and Tanzanians to survive.

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Secrets of the Whales

Washington Street and Prospect Street
 archive : 2021

Secrets of the Whales plunges viewers into the epicenter of whale culture, to experience the extraordinary communication skills and social structures of five whale species: orcas, humpbacks, belugas, narwhals, and sperm whales.

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Goodbye Salad Days: Kevin Faces Adulthood

Brooklyn Bridge Park – Piers 1,2,3,5 & 6
 archive : 2021

Goodbye Salad Days: Kevin Faces Adulthood features handmade dioramas as the backdrop for hamster Kevin’s humorous attempts to navigate a quarter life crisis. Dealing with dating, a dead-end job, his first gray hairs, and a blooming existential crisis, Kevin is stuck between youth and whatever comes next.

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Underwater Wildlife New York

Brooklyn Bridge Park – Pier 3
 archive : 2020

An underwater photo journey of the amazing marine wildlife at home in the waters of New York.

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Flamingo Bob

Washington Street and Prospect Street
 archive : 2020

Flamingo Bob is a celebrity on the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao, where he acts as an emissary for conservation and protecting nature.

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The Dark Truth Behind Wildlife Tourism

Brooklyn Bridge Park – Emily Warren Roebling Plaza
 archive : 2019

In this sweeping investigation of a global industry, writer Natasha Daly and photographer Kirsten Luce went behind the scenes of wildlife-encounter tourism, revealing the quiet suffering many animals endure in the name of entertainment.

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Growing Up Amelia

Brooklyn Bridge Park – Emily Warren Roebling Plaza
 archive : 2019

Through photographing adventures undertaken with her daughter, the artist blurs the lines between human and animal, where animals are part of our world and humans are part of theirs.

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Pit Bull Flower Power

Annenberg Space for Photography
 archive : Photoville LA

Pit Bull Flower Power questions the way humans have abused pit bulls while it aims at rebranding these misunderstood dogs and finding them homes.

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Humble Cats: Photoville Edition

Brooklyn Bridge Park – Emily Warren Roebling Plaza
 archive : 2018

Curated by Humble Arts Foundation co-founder, Jon Feinstein, this exhibition features a selection of photos from an open entry call, and from the 2017 book, “Humble Cats: New Cats in Art Photography”.

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Flower Power

Brooklyn Bridge Park – Emily Warren Roebling Plaza
 archive : 2016

Using the language of traditional portraiture and baroque esthetics, the Flower Power series aims to challenge the way society perceives and treats pit bulls by shortening the emotional distance between the viewer and these misunderstood dogs. The portraits celebrate the life and dignity of these soulful creatures who are at the mercy of humans.

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Rewilding Pandas in China

Brooklyn Bridge Park – Emily Warren Roebling Plaza
 archive : 2016

Photographer Ami Vitale has recently turned her lens to documenting compelling wildlife stories and spent three years documenting these fascinating bears. “Rewilding Pandas” appeared in the August 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine.

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Flora & Fauna

Brooklyn Bridge Park – Emily Warren Roebling Plaza
 archive : 2015

Flora & Fauna, presented by the photography website Feature Shoot, is a show about plants and animals curated by Feature Shoot’s 25K+ Instagram followers.

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The Disturbing Beauty of Sphynx Cats

Brooklyn Bridge Park – Emily Warren Roebling Plaza
 archive : 2015

Hairless cats are odd, rare and definitely not known for being ‘beautiful’. I am drawn to their alien looks.  There’s something disturbing yet eerie that astonishes me every time I look at one of them. In this body of work I explore the beauty of the Sphinx within that oddity.

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Dog Day High

Brooklyn Bridge Park – Emily Warren Roebling Plaza
 archive : 2015
Yearbook style portraits capturing the stereotypical humanistic qualities present in the personality of dogs and cats.
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National Geographic Presents: Still Life

Brooklyn Bridge Park – Emily Warren Roebling Plaza
 archive : 2015

Taxidermy has played an important role in conservation since the 1800s when it gave the public an intimate way to appreciate creatures they might never encounter in the wild.

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People of the Horse

Brooklyn Bridge Park – Pier 5 Uplands
 archive : 2014

I travelled to many locations in the western United States to learn about the significance of the horse in Native American culture. The arrival of horse transformed the culture. They allowed tribes to hunt more buffalo than ever before. They tipped the balance of power in favor of mounted warriors and they became prized as wealth. For Native Americans today, horses endure as an emblem of tradition and a source of pride, pageantry, and healing.

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Captive

Brooklyn Bridge Park – Pier 5 Uplands
 archive : 2013

“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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Events and Sessions Tagged #Animals

Oct 42020

Science Visualized

Join photographers Anand Varma, Esther Horvath, and Max Aguilera-Hellweg in conversation with Senior Photo Editor Todd James as they discuss their work in scientific photography, and how they tackle each story’s unique visual challenges.

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Sep 172016

Flower Power Dog Adoption

Some of Sophie Gamand’s models from the Flower Power exhibition are still available for adoption and will make special appearances throughout the weekend, from agencies including DAWS (Danbury Animal Welfare Society), Beastly Rescue, Animal Haven, Redemption Rescue, Mr Bones & Co and more!

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Sep 202015

Drop In: Photobooth for the Whole family (Kids & Dogs Welcome!)

Lights, camera, action! This special photo booth is for the most adorable, treasured members of your family…Bring your kids and your pups as the Photoville Activity Tent transforms into a commercial studio.

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Sep 272014

Sophie Gamand: Wet Dog Portraits

Sophie Gamand will be discussing her portrait series about wet dogs, which recently won the Sony World Photography Award, her thought process behind it and how she actually shot these quirky portraits of our furry friends.

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