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Exhibitions Tagged #Diversity

Herbolario Migrante (Migrant Herbalism)

Brooklyn Bridge Park – Emily Warren Roebling Plaza
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Migrant Herbalism is a project that examines the belief system of traditional Indigenous and Afro-descendant Latin American medicine and how their knowledge, healing practices, and rituals have migrated with forced displacement to the United States.

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Emerging Lens: Safety, Visibility, Justice, and a Hope for the Future

Brooklyn Bridge Park – Emily Warren Roebling Plaza
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Emerging Lens: Safety, Visibility, Justice, and Hope for the Future is an interactive multimedia exhibition developed by Chicago and The Hague-based visual advocacy non-profit ART WORKS Projects, which explores the ways new and emerging documentary photographers covering underrepresented stories across the globe have pushed the boundaries of traditional photojournalism and storytelling to address pressing and under-reported human rights issues around the world and connect them to local communities.

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Can American Labor Seize the Moment?

Brooklyn Bridge Park – Emily Warren Roebling Plaza
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Unions are popular but facing decades of decline. We asked photographers to document this unique moment for the American worker.

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THANK YOU PLEASE COME AGAIN

The South Street Seaport
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Thank You Please Come Again documents the culture of service stations serving as vital community hubs and gathering places across the American South.

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Fandom Unbound

Van Cortlandt Park
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Rhynna M. Santos’ mission is to use the art of photography to document Star Wars plus size and other diverse fans frequently overlooked from the view of mainstream fandom.

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To Queens, With Love

Astoria Park
 archive : 2023

This exhibit is connected to Queens through history, tradition, and intimate stories and experiences; three lens based artists – Anthoula Lelekidis, Salvador Espinoza, and Julie Thompson – explore themes of personal history of diaspora and memory, the impacts of development and gentrification, and the unique culture of local communities.

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Moments: Around the World

Brooklyn Bridge Park – Emily Warren Roebling Plaza
 archive : 2023

From bustling markets in Africa to crowded metro stations in Asia, the photographs capture the essence of each destination and the diverse cultures that make them so special.

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Antique Pink

Old Fulton Street and Prospect Street
 archive : 2022

Presented by The Open Mind Foundation, Photoville and NYC Parks, with additional support from the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York

Antique Pink is a tribute to LGBTQIA+ elderly. Thanks to the emancipation struggle of the generations before us, LGBTQIA+ people in the Netherlands are almost equal before the law. But that acquired freedom is fragile, and the progress made will not automatically endure.

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Events and Sessions Tagged #Diversity

Sep 192020

Diversity in Visual Storytelling

Explore the unique visual dialogues of our esteemed Leica Women Foto Project 2019 awardees, Debi Cornwall, Yana Paskova and Eva Woolridge, in a multi-dimensional conversation covering topics from gender parity in visual storytelling to the value of a personal project.

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Sep 222019

National Geographic: A Year Reflecting on Race and Diversity in America

Featuring: Ismail Ferdous, Wayne Lawrence, Ruddy Roye, Jennifer Pritheeva Samuel, Daniella Zalcman

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Sep 162017

Reclaiming Photography

A panel discussion from the founding members of RECLAIM: an alliance of The Everyday Projects, Native Agency, Majority World, Women Photograph, Minority Report [renamed from Visioning Project], and Diversify Photo. We are six organizations committed to amplifying the voices of underrepresented photographers and decolonizing the photojournalism industry.

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Sep 252016

Diverse Voices in the Media

With this panel discussion, we aim to provide the audience with a better understanding of how and why the lack of diverse voices in the media leads to “outsiders” being tasked with documenting communities other than their own.

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