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Outreach worker, Kelly Culbert, right, consoles her longtime friend in the Bronx. Photo credit: Ryan Christopher Jones
Outreach worker, Kelly Culbert, right, consoles her longtime friend in the Bronx. Photo credit: Ryan Christopher Jones

Overdose is currently the leading cause of death in the United States for those under 50. What is the role of photojournalism in the overdose crisis?

United Photo Industries aims to question the common visual tropes used in mainstream media reports of drug use and overdose, and to challenge sensationalist coverage.

This exhibit explores tough ethical considerations made by photographers and editors covering the overdose crisis, and asks a question: How does photojournalism impact public health?

Artist Bios

  • Christopher Cappoziello

  • Jordan Gale

  • Ryan Christopher Jones

    Ryan Christopher Jones

    Ryan Christopher Jones is a Mexican-American photojournalist and PhD student in Social Anthropology and Critical Media Practice at Harvard University. His research is at the intersection of political ecology and media studies, focusing on the politics of water in Central California. For ten years Ryan worked as a photojournalist for The New York Times, The Washington Post, ProPublica and others, reporting on migration, labor, and the environment across the United States and Mexico. In 2022 Ryan was awarded the American Mosaic Journalism Prize for his reporting on Mexican-American communities in California and New York, and from 2022-23 he served on the jury for the Pulitzer Prizes for Photojournalism.

  • Rebecca Kiger

Organizations

  • 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 Open Society Foundations

    The Open Society Foundations

    The Open Society Foundations, founded by George Soros, are the world’s largest private funder of independent groups working for justice, democratic governance, and human rights. George Soros opened his first international foundation in Hungary in 1984.

    Today, the Open Society Foundations support a vast array of projects in more than 120 countries, providing thousands of grants every year through a network of national and regional foundations and offices.

Covering a Crisis: Media Representation of Overdose in America

 archive : 2019

Featuring: Christopher Cappoziello Jordan Gale Ryan Christopher Jones Rebecca Kiger

Presented by: United Photo Industries (UPI), The Open Society Foundations
  • United Photo Industries (UPI)
  • The Open Society Foundations

Supported by:

  • Duggal

Locations

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1 Water St
Brooklyn, NY 11201

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