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Exhibitions Tagged #street photography

Through Our Eyes: A Collective Portrait of Caracas

Travers Park
 archive : 2023

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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On My Block

Van Cortland Park
 archive : 2021

On My Block is a love letter to New York City from a native New Yorker. The project utilizes portraits and cityscapes to give the viewer a unique perspective of the city.

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Paradise Lost & Found: Bushwick

IS 291 Schoolyard
 archive : 2021

Paradise Lost & Found: Bushwick is a snapshot of this section of Brooklyn during the tumultuous 1980s and early 1990s. Carrying a point-and-shoot camera to her job as an art teacher at IS 291 – Roland Hayes, Meryl Meisler’s images—kept secret for decades—are a personal memoir. Upon her retirement from teaching, she began releasing them into the world.

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Views From Coney Island

West 10th Street between Surf Ave and the Coney Island Boardwalk
 archive : 2021

Despite the incessant predictions of its demise, Coney Island continues to attract visitors of all races, social classes and ethnicities, who, seeking respite from their quotidian stresses and routines, come together and inject the veins of “America’s Playground” with its celebrated joie de vivre.

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Bronx Life

Brooklyn Bridge Park – Pier 2
 archive : 2021

Four decades of my Bronx life: street life from a native son who lived through the fires and came back to document it.

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Taxi Journey Through My Windows 1977-1987

First Street Green Cultural Park
 archive : 2021

TAXI: Journey Through My Windows 1977–1987 is a portrait of the gritty chaos and community of New York in the 1970s. The book is composed of photographs captured from the driver’s seat of documentary photographer (and cab driver) Joseph Rodriguez’s taxi—including scenes of night workers getting off their shifts, children jumping through the spray of open fire hydrants in the summer, and S&M partiers leaving clubs, zipped in leather, in the early hours of the morning.

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Encounters

South Beach Promenade
 archive : 2020

A personal approach to street photography by Staten Island-based artist Olga Ginzburg.

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1992-2017-East Side Stories

Annenberg Space for Photography
 archive : Photoville LA

East Side Stories puts a human face to gang members in Los Angeles while in their homes and with their families.

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Eyes on New York

Brooklyn Bridge Park – Emily Warren Roebling Plaza
 archive : 2018

The goal of this exhibition is to highlight the work and personal visions of the emerging street photographers in The New York City Street Photography Collective, while simultaneously providing viewers with a glimpse of candid, unaltered scenes of life in New York City as it happens every day.

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People of the Ferry

Brooklyn Bridge Park – Emily Warren Roebling Plaza
 archive : 2018

The NYC Ferry and the relationship with water — going back to Old New York before the bridges and subways were built — changed the way people think and feel about commuting. For a street photographer, it’s like new streets have opened up in New York City with the possibility of new angles and perspectives on well-known backgrounds, bridges and landscapes.

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On the Street with Bill Cunningham

Brooklyn Bridge Park – Emily Warren Roebling Plaza
 archive : 2016

A celebration of the work of the preeminent street photographer Bill Cunningham.

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Events and Sessions Tagged #street photography

Oct 172021

ICP Local Business Scavenger Hunt With Destiny Mata

Join photographer, community activist, and Lower East Side–native Destiny Mata for an image making walking tour of LES’s Alphabet City! As the popular saying goes, “The best camera in the world is the one that’s with you.” In this hands-on workshop participants learn how to elevate their photos from casual snapshots to frame-worthy personal images using the image making device most accessible to them.

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Oct 162021

Bronx Life

Join David Gonzalez in conversation with Elizabeth Krist to discuss Gonzalez’s work from his exhibition, “Bronx Life.”

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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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Sep 192019

Street Photography & The Search of True Love | Photowalk with Doug Menuez

Fall in love with the art of portraiture in a golden hour photowalk with documentary photographer Doug Menuez. Models are on-site.

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Sep 122019

From the Streets of New York to the Printed Page

Go from print to published in a talk with Street Photographer Phil Penman as he discusses the process involved with the making of his debut book “STREET”.

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May 42019

Go Unnoticed: Street Photography Photowalk with Mathieu Bitton

Find the unusual in the ordinary with photographer as you go undercover in a street photography photowalk with photographer Mathieu Bitton.

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May 22019

Leica Photographers Guide to the Galaxy: A Photowalk with Andrew Stuart x Pete Halvorsen

Pete and Andrew will lead a walk along The Avenue of the Stars to the Century City Mall, and create a photo assignment to help extend your eye and street photography skills.

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May 22019

Get to Know Yourself and the World via Street Photography

Hear from our featured middle-school students who have learned the skills of Street Photography as a way to know their world, and the world around them, better.

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Sep 222018

On the Streets with Andre D. Wagner

Get up close and personal with New York City street photographer, Andre Wagner. He will discuss his work, process, and hold a conversation about using the street as an open studio.

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Sep 152018

Chance Encounters and Public Places: A Street Photography Workshop

Join Meryl Meisler and Tequila Minsky for an afternoon of exploring and practicing street photography.

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Sep 172017

Scene Stealers: A Street Photography Workshop

Back by popular demand, award-winning photojournalist Spencer Platt will guide students through the art and practice of street photography in this hands-on workshop.

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Sep 142017

Street Portraits with Jose Tutiven

Explore the streets of DUMBO with Tutes and his Leica M in partnership with ONA bags. During this photowalk, Tutes will share tips and techniques on how to capture street photography while adding your own creative touches.

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Sep 252016

The Art of Street Photography with Richard Bram

Join photographer Richard Bram for a special talk, Q&A, and book signing of his new book, featuring 10 years of images from the streets of New York.

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Sep 252016

The Beauty of Uncertainty — A Street Photography Workshop

Photojournalism is not simply the act of taking pictures, but a way of demanding more from life, and in this workshop, award-winning photojournalist Spencer Platt will guide students through the art and practice of street photography.

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Sep 222016

Street Photography Workshop with Aziz Yazdani

Learn the techniques for shooting captivating street images. Check out a Leica camera and lens for a guided photowalk with Aziz Yazdani and experience the art of street photography through the Leica perspective.

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Sep 132015

Workshop: Live from Brooklyn – Street Photography Workshop

In this workshop, our instructors will lead participants on a guided tour of Downtown Brooklyn/DUMBO in search of street scenes and cityscapes, and will offer insights on how to capture real life in still frames.

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Sep 292013

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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