Photoville

Sep 142018
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Postcards from Brownsville: Photographing Community

Shanice Campbell

Shanice Campbell

Students will present their collaborative project, “Postcards from Brownsville” and discuss how their photographs can impact insider and outside perceptions of their community.

Location: Brooklyn Bridge Park – Emily Warren Roebling Plaza

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Presented by:

  • The Brownsville Community Justice Center
  • United Photo Industries (UPI)
  • The Brooklyn Arts Council

Supported by:

  • Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation

This program was made possible by generous funding by the Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation. Special Thanks to Focus Camera of Borough Park.

Students will present their collaborative project, “Postcards from Brownsville” and discuss how their photographs can impact insider and outside perceptions of their community.

JustArts Digital Photography was developed and coordinated by the Brownsville Community Justice Center in partnership with The Brooklyn Arts Council and United Photo Industries.

JustArts Digital Photography Program employs professional photographers to teach participants photography skills and engage students through a series of workshops, class critiques, and field trips. Photographers and educators Amanda Adams-Louis and Emily Schiffer, in collaboration with staff of the partner organizations, facilitated these workshops in which students crafted images from their own unique perspectives.

Organizations

  • The Brownsville Community Justice Center

    The Brownsville Community Justice Center

    The Brownsville Community Justice Center engages young people in a wide variety of strength-based programming informed by positive youth justice, which views young people as assets in their communities.

  • United Photo Industries (UPI)

    United Photo Industries (UPI)

    United Photo Industries (UPI) is a New York based nonprofit organization that works to promote a wider understanding of, and increased access to, the art of photography.

    Since its founding in 2011, UPI has rapidly solidified its position in the public art landscape by continuing to showcase thought-provoking, challenging, and exceptional photography from across the globe. In its first seven years, UPI has presented the work of more than 2,500 visual artists in gallery exhibitions and public art installations worldwide.

  • The Brooklyn Arts Council

    The Brooklyn Arts Council

    The Brooklyn Arts Council is a service organization dedicated to helping artists, arts organizations and community groups promote and sustain the arts.

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