Brady's Pond - Photoville Festival

Brady’s Pond is an ongoing collection of images made from recurring walks through Staten Island’s sliver of public access land along the pond’s northeast shore. With homages to both photographer John Gossage and writer and naturalist Henry David Thoreau, the photographs investigate the pond as an urban refuge; one that evokes a prism-like effect upon entering, embodying the multiplicities of vulnerability, transience and a fleeting sense of existence.

Artist Bios

Kristen Bartley

Kristen is a Brooklyn-based photographer, bookmaker and educator. Drawing upon personal histories and themes of impermanence and humanity’s relationship to nature, her work navigates the space between the internal and external as a revolving door for understanding. In 2020, Kristen was a full scholarship recipient and graduate of the Advanced Track Program at the International Center of Photography. She is the co-founder and co-editor of Ramble Editions, a publishing collective of image and text-based work. She currently manages the education and visitor services programs at the Alice Austen House Museum.

Organizations

The Alice Austen House

A vibrant cultural center, the Alice Austen House keeps the bold spirit of the early American photographer alive by presenting changing exhibitions of Austen’s pioneering historic photographs and of contemporary photography, providing education programs for students, offering a range of cultural programs for the public.
NYC Parks

NYC Parks is the steward of more than 30,000 acres of land — 14 percent of New York City — including more than 5,000 individual properties ranging from Coney Island Beach and Central Park to community gardens and Greenstreets. We operate more than 800 athletic fields and nearly 1,000 playgrounds, 1,800 basketball courts, 550 tennis courts, 65 public pools, 51 recreational facilities, 15 nature centers, 14 golf courses, and 14 miles of beaches. We care for 1,200 monuments and 23 historic house museums. We look after 600,000 street trees, and two million more in parks. We are New York City’s principal providers of recreational and athletic facilities and programs. We are home to free concerts, world-class sports events, and cultural festivals.