Insider/Outsider

Featuring: Abbie Trayler-Smith, Alexandra Hootnick, Alicia Vera, Allison Shelley, Alyssa Schukar, Andrea Bruce, Anna Boyiazis, Annie Flanagan, Annie Tritt, Caitlin O’Hara, Danielle Villasana, Griselda San Martin, Hannah Reyes Morales, Katia Repina, Kitra Cahana, Lanqing Zhu, Lisette Poole, Maggie Arrellaga, Maggie Steber, Marylise Vigneau, Nichole Sobecki, Nyimas Laula, Paula Bronstein, Raphaela Rosella, Sally Montana, Sara Hylton, Smita Sharma, Sophia Allison, Stacy Kranitz, Susannah Ireland, Tasneem Alsultan, Yagazie Emezi, Yumna Al-Arashi, Alex Potter, Neha Hirve, Lujan Agusti, Gabriella Demczuk

“Insider/Outsider” explores the relationship between photographer and subject. Holistic storytelling requires both local and alien perspectives. These images seek to interrogate how those differences affect representation, access, and intimacy. Who has the right to tell a story? Are there limitations on objectivity as an insider, or sensitivity as an outsider? Presented as two parallel exhibitions, “Insider/Outsider” seeks to start a conversation about how photographers tell stories, how they define their own relationships to the people and issues they cover, and how their lives impact the stories they tell.

Organizations

Women Photograph

Women Photograph is a nonprofit that launched in 2017 to elevate the voices of women and nonbinary visual journalists. The private database includes more than 1,400 independent documentary photographers based in 125+ countries and is available privately to any commissioning editor or organization. Women Photograph also operates an annual series of project grants, a year-long mentorship program, an annual skills-building workshop, and collects data on hiring and publishing statistics in the visual media industry. Our mission is to shift the makeup of the photojournalism community and ensure that our industry’s chief storytellers are as diverse as the communities they hope to represent.
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.