We Belong: Making the Invisible visible!
The South Street Seaport
Lucia Bawot aims to shed light on the lives of Colombian women coffee farmers and pickers, challenging stereotypes and giving voice to those who have been silenced.
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Local Newsrooms
Brooklyn Bridge Park – Emily Warren Roebling Plaza
As the journalism industry shrinks, this project captures local newsrooms to engage communities in the search of and support for trusted local news while raising awareness for a national audience that may not realize what has already been lost, and what is at stake.
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1in6by2030
Brooklyn Bridge Park – Emily Warren Roebling Plaza
1in6by2030 is a multi-year, global visual storytelling project, involving photographers around the world. Launched in 2023 by Ed Kashi, Ilvy Njiokiktjien and Sara Terry, all contributing photographers to the VII Foundation, 1in6by2030 documents an unprecedented era in the history of humankind: by the year 2030, 1 in 6 people in the world will be over the age of 60.
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Through Our Eyes: A Collective Portrait of Caracas
Travers Park
Through Our Eyes uses formal collaborative portraits and single documentary images made by young women participants of Project MiRA to tell the story of resilience, joy, and struggle in the barrios of Caracas, Venezuela – a country that has been hit by a years-long crisis.
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New Photography 2023
The Museum of Modern Art
New Photography 2023 explores the photographic work of seven artists, all at various stages in their careers, who are united by their critical use of photographic forms and their ties to the artistic scene in the port city of Lagos (Èkó), Nigeria.
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As Free As A Bird
Brooklyn Bridge Park – Emily Warren Roebling Plaza
As Free As A Bird is an ostensibly casual portrait of an invisible, closed community of mobile home dwellers in the Netherlands. A world in itself, containing free spirits not constrained by employment agreements or civic duties, with their own unwritten rules, taste and culture.
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We Don’t Talk
Brooklyn Bridge Park – Emily Warren Roebling Plaza
Marjolein Busstra followed the lives of minors entangled in complex networks of sexual violence. Can the old, unprocessed memory be overwritten and processed by going back to to the locations where they felt extremely unsafe, by the collaborative act of photographing?
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Everything in Between: A Spectrum of Emerging Visions
Brooklyn Bridge Park – Emily Warren Roebling Plaza
Presented by NYU Tisch Department of Photography and Imaging and Photoville, in partnership with PhotoWings
Recipient of the 2022 Photoville & PhotoWings Educator Exhibition Grant
Twelve high school photographers present unique perspectives and artistic approaches to stories about the environment, relationships, fashion, dreams, immigration, mental health, and more.
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Mixed Identity: Hybrid Portraits
Brooklyn Bridge Park – Pier 2
Presented by Riverdale Avenue Middle School and Photoville, in partnership with PhotoWings
Recipient of the 2022 Photoville & Photowings Educator Exhibition Grant
Expand students’ creativity.
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The Everyday Projects 2021 Grant Winners & Finalists
Brooklyn Bridge Park – Pier 1
Presented by The Everyday Projects and Photoville
A sampling of images from the 2021 winners and finalists of the inaugural Everyday Projects Grant, which focuses on early-career photographers working in their own communities.
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The Power Of Telling Your Own Story
Brooklyn Bridge Park – Fulton Ferry Landing
The Standing Strong Project is an ongoing, multi-media, and community-based project that aims to uplift Indigenous peoples in reclaiming their narrative by creating a safe space to make their own image.
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Duggal Presents its Annual Photo Contest: Capture The Moment
Brooklyn Bridge Park – Pier 3
Duggal Visual Solutions has been at the forefront of innovation in visual communication and multimedia solutions for more than half a century, partnering with clientele from the independent photographer to the world’s most recognized museums and galleries. Our annual Capture the Moment Photo Contest is held in honor of our late visionary founder, Baldev Duggal.
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Foreseen: New narratives from the African Photojournalism Database
Brooklyn Bridge Park – Emily Warren Roebling Plaza
This exhibition showcases the work of African visual storytellers selected from the African Photojournalism Database (APJD). At the core of the APJD is the mission to celebrate refreshing and diverse stories told by photographers often overlooked by the global media industry—stories that are not widely seen in the current, exclusive media landscape.
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Summer Come Back
Brooklyn Bridge Park – Emily Warren Roebling Plaza
“Summer Come Back” is an exhibition comprised of work by select Wonderful Machine member photographers from around the globe. Covering a range of commercial specialties, the work on display aims to savor the last moments of summer — hanging on to the heat and humidity, and celebrating the little things in life.
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Insider/Outsider
Brooklyn Bridge Park – Emily Warren Roebling Plaza
Who has the right to tell a story? Are there limitations on objectivity as an insider, or sensitivity as an outsider? Presented as two parallel exhibitions, “Insider/Outsider” seeks to start a conversation about how photographers tell stories, how they define their own relationships to the people and issues they cover, and how their lives impact the stories they tell.
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Strength | Fortitude | Spirit
Brooklyn Bridge Park – Emily Warren Roebling Plaza
Sports are woven into life and culture on every level, from professional to high school to community leagues proving to be a common human thread steeped in tradition. The imagery of a baseball diamond, whether it’s perfectly manicured or a neighborhood sandlot conjures personal memories we can instantly relate to. Here you will see unique stories told in a photo narrative style that bring to life people and places that sports fans do not always get to see or go.
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Stories from Maine
Brooklyn Bridge Park – Pier 5 Uplands
We are proud to have participated in Photoville since its inaugural year! Salt is known for great storytelling and Maine is one of the most unique New England states. Enjoy the great storytelling of Salt documentarians and let us introduce you to the people of and parts of Maine that we find most intriguing.
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Narratively: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Stories
Brooklyn Bridge Park – Pier 5 Uplands
An epidemic of suicide among Indian farmers. Decades on the water with the last fishermen of Long Island. An ex-con who breaks back into his old prison cell. Narratively offers an in-depth look at humanity in all its gritty, edgy, complicated beauty. Photo courtesy of Doug Kuntz.
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Oct
12024
MFON Global Symposium: Collective Energy: A Virtual Gathering
Collective Energy: A Virtual Gathering is a virtual assembly of artists and intellectuals moderated by Adama Delphine Fawundu and Laylah Amatullah Barrayn. We will be discussing the global impact and need for photography collectives when it comes to women photographers.
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Jun
152024
MFON Global Symposium: To Preserve and Protect
A cutting-edge and inspiring group of artists share their perspectives to provoke thought and action, driven by their innovative catalogues of documentary photography and photojournalism.
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Jun
152024
MFON Global Symposium: Expanding the Canon
Creative and innovative panelist navigate the complexities of identity, unravel historical narratives, and celebrate the multifaceted experiences of womanhood.
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Jun
152024
MFON Global Symposium Keynote Discussion: Archiving Our Stories
The symposium keynote discussion featuring Dr. Deborah Willis and Joy Gregory as they explore the vital role of archiving, preserving, and exploring photography and visual culture within African American, Black British, and the broader African diaspora.
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Jun
152024
MFON Global Symposium: Presence & Preservation
The one-day symposium will include a series of panel discussions, featuring scholars, artists, curators and centered around archiving and elevating the voices of women and non-binary of photographers of African descent, as part of Photoville’s annual Festival in New York City.
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Jun
12024
The Intent vs. Effect: Artist Talk with Ismail Ferdous
Discover The Intent vs. The Effect with Ismail Ferdous, a discussion that takes an inquiry into how an artist shapes a project to convey their story vs. how an audience then perceives the work once it is released to the world.
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Jun
42022
Behind the Shutter
Behind the Shutter is a live visual storytelling event that gives Black Shutter Productions’ guests an opportunity to talk about their work and their process of making images.
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Oct
32021
How To Capture The Essence Of A Moment With Sheila Pree Bright
Bear witness to humanity through an eclectic visual story of music, culture, and creative freedom as fine-art photographer Sheila Pree Bright takes us back to Afropunk 2019 in Atlanta.
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Oct
22021
Keeping It Real: Capturing Life Today
Gain insight into how you can create compelling, realistic images taken from your own life and experiences.
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Sep
142019
Weapon of Choice | Dialogue with Travon Free and Ruddy Roye
Photographers and writers Ruddy Roye and Travon Free discuss how and why their cameras are not only an important weapon in modern storytelling, but through demonstrations of their work, will explain why it’s critical to the landscape of photography for black and marginalized people to be the ones telling these stories.
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Apr
282019
Past Tense: California
Past Tense: California is the first project from the archival storytelling project of The New York Times.
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Apr
282019
The Art of Storytelling Photowalk with Leica Akademie Instructor Philip Cuenco
Discover the elements of storytelling and learn how to apply it to photography with Leica Akademie Instructor Philip Cuenco in a photowalk designed to ignite your creativity.
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Apr
272019
AN EVENING WITH THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: STORYTELLING THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY
Join National Geographic’s award-winning photographers and editors as they discuss how they build relationships to create impactful visually led storytelling.
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Sep
152018
How Do We Focus Our Gaze? Connecting Photography & Social Impact
Hear from CatchLight’s founder and fellows about our unique focus on solving the giant mismatch between artists and their potential for social impact by surrounding longform storytelling with resources, networks and leadership to bring to life and amplify the reach of their stories.
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Sep
142018
Leica Storytellers: Merging Art & Commerce To Feed My Soul And My Family
Learn strategies on selling work without selling your soul with renowned photographer Doug Menuez. Jump into the mind of Doug Menuez as he shares his experience of connecting timeless storytelling and commercial advertising to create meaningful moments in photography.
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Sep
142018
ICP Community Programs: Teen Storytellers Impacting Change
ICP’s Community Partnerships and Teen Academy together serve over 900 young people throughout the city each year by developing their knowledge of photography, critical thinking, writing, and public speaking.
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Sep
252016
Aftermath: What the Legacy of Inequality Looks Like
The Economic Hardship Reporting Project presents a discussion with four of our video grantees about the process of making visual works that address important American aftermath issues, including: the Great Migration of African Americans from the South to the North; urban neglect; and the cultural conflict over abortion sparked by Roe v. Wade.
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Sep
202014
Storytelling @ MediaStorm
Brian Storm will be presenting about digital storytelling and the cinematic narrative. Discussing work by his production company MediaStorm, he will emphasize how storytelling continues to evolve as a result of technological innovations and an expanding media space.
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Sep
272013
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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