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.
Speakers: Anaïs López
Moderators: Sam Barzilay
Location: Brooklyn Bridge Park – Pier 5 Uplands
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.
Anaïs López is a documentary photographer, based in Amsterdam. She graduated from the Royal Art Academy in The Hague in 2006 and did a two year Masters (2008-2010) at Sint Joost Academy in Breda about narrative structures and documentary strategies. Besides working for magazines, she makes photo documentaries about things that matter to her.
In her work, she investigates how people live in the city, fascinated by how people try to find (or make) a place in an urban society. The main question she asks herself in her work is whether people make the city or the city makes the people.
Sam Barzilay is the Creative Director and Co-Founder of Photoville—a New York-based non-profit organization that works to promote a wider understanding and increased access to the art of photography for all. He is also a founding producer of the T3 Photo Festival in Tokyo, Japan.
His curatorial practice is focused on creating unique and highly innovative exhibition and programming environments, centered on the principles of addressing cultural equity and inclusion.
In his dual capacity as curator and festival organizer, he has had the pleasure and privilege of curating photo exhibitions and lecturing on current trends in contemporary photography in over two dozens countries worldwide. He has served as juror, nominator, and reviewer for World Press Photo, Prix Pictet, Les Rencontres d’Arles, Houston FotoFest, and the New York Portfolio Reviews, among many others.
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