Featuring: Samantha Isom, Shravya Kag, Hengyi Yang
This exhibition features three projects created by members of our department’s photo community—a current student, an alum, and a faculty member. All three projects are, in different ways, about travel, distance, and connection.
In his project, created for our Editorial Photography class, current student Hengyi (Harry) Yang explores the long-distance relationship with his girlfriend back home in China through a series of still-life photographs and short texts.
In Vellostha (“I will go and come back,” in Telugu), alumna Shravya Kag (class of 2016) conects her current queer, gender non-conforming self to a nostalgic, traditionally gendered self on trips between her native India and her home in Brooklyn. This photographic project is a synthesis of this iterative journey.
Sound, Motion & Video instructor Samantha Isom’s Brown Passport is an ongoing global documentary series that engages underrepresented perspectives and explores culture through raw, authentic conversations on race, faith, and gender.
About the Artists
Hengyi (Harry) Yang will be graduating from the MPS Digital Photography program in July 2025.
Shravya Kag (class of 2016) is a visual artist and documentarian from Vijayawada, India, based in Brooklyn, New York. Kag uses photography and film to document queer and South Asian communities around themes of identity and immigration.
Samantha Isom, an SVA faculty member, is a Photographer, DP/CameraOperator, Content creator, and Director based in NYC. She has shot all over the world, working as a photo assistant and digital tech to some of the top image-makers in the business, all while shooting on her own.
Curator Marko Kovacevic is the Director of Operations, artist, and educator who has curated several of SVA’s previous Photoville exhibitions.
Organizations
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SVA Masters in Digital Photography
The School of Visual Arts has been a leader in the education of artists, designers, and creative professionals for more than seven decades. With a faculty of distinguished working professionals, dynamic curriculum, and an emphasis on critical thinking, SVA is a catalyst for innovation and social responsibility.
SVA’s Masters in Digital Photography is an intense one-year graduate program that meets the needs of professional photographers, educators, and artists who want to advance their skills in digital image capture, image processing, and high-quality output to remain competitive in photo-based professions.
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Calibrite
This exhibition is co-sponsored by SVA and Calibrite, a company dedicated to servicing the color management needs of the photo, video, and content creation markets. For monitor calibration, camera, scanner, and printer profiling depend on Calibrite Display, Studio and ColorChecker solutions. Calibrite is calibration done right!
Long Distance
Featuring: Various Artists
Curated by: Marko Kovacevic
Locations
View Location Details Brooklyn Bridge Park – Emily Warren Roebling Plaza1 Water St
Brooklyn, NY 11201
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The views and opinions expressed in this exhibit are those of the exhibition artists and partners and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of Photoville or any other participants and partners of the Photoville Festival.
