A Deliberate Impression

Presented by Parsons School of Design and NYC Parks

A Deliberate Impression features the work of current MFA photography students from Parsons School of Design in New York City.

A Place Where the Dream Lives

Presented by National Geographic

In a nation with a history of racist housing policies, this community became an enduring exception — and a point of pride.

A Women Photograph Grantee Retrospective

Presented by Women Photograph and Photoville

A retrospective of the work of 19 Women Photograph grantees from our first five years of supporting photographers in the continuation of their long-term projects.

Adobe Lightroom Ambassador: Alixe Lay

Presented by Adobe Photoshop Lightroom

Explore stunning and compelling visual stories — from the transitional spaces we use, to the shifting aesthetics of China — as told by our Lightroom Ambassadors.

Adobe Lightroom Ambassador: Piyatat Primtongtrakul

Presented by Adobe Photoshop Lightroom

Explore stunning and compelling visual stories — of healing, love, joy and humanity — as told by our Lightroom Ambassadors.

Adobe Lightroom Ambassador: Tomás Karmelo Amaya

Presented by Adobe Photoshop Lightroom

Explore stunning and compelling visual stories — of healing, love, joy and humanity — as told by our Lightroom Ambassadors.

Adobe Lightroom Ambassador: Tristan Zhou

Presented by Adobe Photoshop Lightroom

Explore stunning and compelling visual stories — from the transitional spaces we use, to the shifting aesthetics of China — as told by our Lightroom Ambassadors.

Alone Together (An exploration of companionship in solitude)

Presented by Photoville and NYC Parks

If we have ourselves as company, are we ever truly alone?

Antique Pink

Presented by The Open Mind Foundation, Photoville and NYC Parks, with additional support from the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York

Antique Pink is a tribute to LGBTQIA+ elderly. Thanks to the emancipation struggle of the generations before us, LGBTQIA+ people in the Netherlands are almost equal before the law. But that acquired freedom is fragile, and the progress made will not automatically endure.

Arder la casa, on political violence, family and exile

Presented by Photoville

Arder la casa explores the contingencies of political violence in Colombia through Beltran’s family history — marked by her father’s exile in 2015. Intertwining archives, photographs, and videos narrate political fights in a territory where Catholicism, santería, bullfighting, mafia culture and politics collide.

Ayiti: Beyond Darkness

Presented by Haiti Cultural Exchange 

Featuring the talent of cutting-edge Haitian photographers across the island, this exhibition invites foreigners to experience internal conversations about Haitian culture and community.

Black Baby Jesus was born in February

Presented by Photoville

A visual story about why the Afro-Colombian community of Quinamayó celebrates Christmas in February, expressing resistance through culture since their ancestors were enslaved people.

Bronx Junior Photo League | Year-End Exhibition

Presented by Bronx Documentary Center

The Bronx Documentary Center (BDC) is proud to present the work of our 11-to-18-year-old Bronx Junior Photo League (BJPL) students, all created during this past school year.

care:work

Presented by care:work and NYC Parks

Care:work is a clear-eyed look at the diversity of work — the dignity, strength, and challenges confronting caregivers in our families, institutions, and communities.

Down By The Water

Presented by The Ravestijn Gallery, Photoville and NYC Parks, with additional support from the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York

The longer I do not travel, the more I turn to the place where I live. I see how my environment takes care of me — how the baker and the greengrocer bring groceries to my doorstep every Saturday morning — how all kinds of people call this their town, their neighborhood, their home.

Dreams on Hold

Presented by Photoville

Dreams on Hold is a collaborative project with families and kids living in a makeshift migrant camp at the Mexico-U.S. border who are hoping to cross into the U.S.

Everything in Between: A Spectrum of Emerging Visions

Presented by NYU Tisch Department of Photography and Imaging and Photoville, in partnership with PhotoWings

Recipient of the 2022 Photoville & PhotoWings Educator Exhibition Grant

Twelve high school photographers present unique perspectives and artistic approaches to stories about the environment, relationships, fashion, dreams, immigration, mental health, and more.

For autistic youths entering adulthood, a new world of challenges awaits

Presented by National Geographic

Finding work, love, and independence can be especially difficult for those on the spectrum.

From Despair to Hope: Children Beyond Armed Conflict

Presented by Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict

Children are the most vulnerable during an armed conflict. The UN Children and Armed Conflict Mandate was created 25 years ago to better protect children from the ravages of war. This mandate is part of the driving force behind the exhibition From Despair to Hope: Children beyond Armed Conflict.

Hard Times are Fighting Times

Presented by Photoville

This project describes the legacy of my parents’ participation in radical leftist groups which sought to overthrow imperialism and capitalism through organizing and revolution.

Healer: Experience the Healing Power of Dogs

Presented by Photoville

Dogs are the medicine we need right now.

Humans of Dementia

Humans of Dementia is a national storytelling contest hosted by HFC, a national non-profit, that focuses on care for families impacted by Alzheimer’s disease, activating the next generation of Alzheimer’s advocates, and being a leader in brain health research and education.

Identity At Play

Presented by Photoville

Identity At Play delves into the basketball culture in Indigenous communities in Oaxaca, Mexico.

In A Time of Panthers: Early Photographs

Presented by Henson Scales Productions, Clair Oliver Gallery, SPQR Editions, and Photoville

These images serve as a time capsule of sorts — not only of my adolescence and political awakening, but also of the country whose ongoing struggle with racial inequality, police brutality, and resistance is as urgent and timely as ever.

KANITLOW

Presented by Indigenous Photograph, Photoville, and Leica Camera

There is a word in Zapotec used to name someone or something disappearing — when a close friend is not close anymore, when someone stops visiting as often as they do, when things transform and change, or when someone is going blind. This word, kanitlow, means “faces are getting lost,” or “disappearing.”

Live Pridefully: Love and Resilience within Pandemics

Presented by Caribbean Equality Project and Queens Museum

Live Pridefully: Love and Resilience within Pandemics is an interdisciplinary exhibition presented by the Caribbean Equality Project. The exhibition celebrates queer and trans Caribbean resilience through a racial justice lens, while fostering critical conversations related to pride, migration, surviving colliding pandemics, and coming out narratives.

Made in Land: Spoken Memories

Presented by The 400 Years Project and Photoville

Indigenous artists Dakota Mace and Tahila Mintz engage alternative photographic processes and use soil, plants, water, and sun directly in the image-making process to tell stories about the past, present, and future of the land — stories that connect them to their ancestors, and to themselves.

Mixed Identity: Hybrid Portraits

Presented by Riverdale Avenue Middle School and Photoville, in partnership with PhotoWings

Recipient of the 2022 Photoville & Photowings Educator Exhibition Grant

Expand students’ creativity.

Nature Nurtures

Presented by Visual Thinking Collective and Photoville

Nature Nurtures features the work of 12 photographers who have documented how nature inspires and sustains them, brings solace to others, and is a powerful antidote to the stresses of contemporary life.

New York University Tisch School of the Arts Department of Photography & Imaging BFA Thesis Exhibition

Presented by New York University Tisch School of the Arts Department of Photography & Imaging

The Department of Photography and Imaging (DPI) in the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University is a four-year B.F.A. program situated in New York City.

NPPA’s 2022 Best of Photojournalism

Presented by The National Press Photographers Association

Selected winners of the 2022 Best of Photojournalism Contest.

NYC: Cats, Couches, Parks & Pizza

Presented by The School of Visual Arts — Masters in Digital Photography

NYC: Cats, Couches, Parks & Pizza represents a slice of New York City life that speaks of home, connections, and the culture of living in the city — looking at things that are obvious, but elements that are overlooked, or hidden, and worth exploring.

Olmsted’s Enduring Gift

Presented by The New York Times

Additional Support by Prospect Park Alliance and NYC Parks

The man behind many of the nation’s beloved public spaces, Frederick Law Olmsted, was born 200 years ago. His creations are more essential to modern American life than ever.

PORTRAITS OF THE PANDEMIC

Presented by The Photographers of I.S. 318 in Brooklyn, New York and Photoville, in partnership with PhotoWings

The pandemic has changed the way we live and interact, as well as the way we see people, places, and things.

Puddles in my Head : (Our Emotions)

Presented by Photoville, with additional support from the Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation

Puddles in my Head is about community, love, family, friends, pain, confusion, anger, joy, struggle, redemption, and how it all intertwines within the disabled community. It’s about our emotions.

Sanitation Museum Pop-up at Floyd Bennett Field

Presented by Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Conservancy

The Sanitation Museum’s pop-up at Floyd Bennett Field celebrates the history of waste and sanitation in New York City through several themes: the displaced working-class community of Barren Island, the ongoing contributions of the Department of Sanitation, and the successful re-use of sanitary landfills around Jamaica Bay.

Solastalgia

Presented by The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

Solastalgia documents the relationship between people and their environments, focusing on the distress caused by a changing climate. It reveals the threats to our planet that affect us all — from Indigenous communities in the Amazon and alpaca farmers in Peru, to the Arctic and the United States.

Street Errands

Presented by Brookfield Properties, in partnership with Photoville

KangHee Kim’s work takes the viewer to another world with her series of collaged photographs entitled Street Errands.

Sustainable Solutions to the Climate Crisis

Presented by Social Documentary Network, ZEKE Magazine

These documentary exhibits explore sustainable solutions to the climate crisis: the Indigenous People’s Burn Network in the western United States; Nemo’s Garden in Italy — the world’s first underwater greenhouse; the African Women Rising’s Permagarden Program in Uganda, and others.

The Brooklyn Connection

Presented by Photoville, Prospect Park Alliance and NYC Parks

Sponsored by MPB

All formulated by their connection to Brooklyn, each artist’s work is a beautiful well-mixed mosaic.

The Creative Ambassadors Project

Presented by Sharon Miller for Honeydark Studios and Photoville

The Creative Ambassadors Project is an impactful photo series showcasing underserved New York City youth in powerful editorial-style portraits based on their creative career aspirations.

The Everyday Projects 2021 Grant Winners & Finalists

Presented by The Everyday Projects and Photoville

A sampling of images from the 2021 winners and finalists of the inaugural Everyday Projects Grant, which focuses on early-career photographers working in their own communities.

The Hands that Make a Home

Presented by The International Rescue Committee

The Hands That Make a Home is a visual story about what happens when four refugees and a migrant rebuild home with the help of their new community.

The Legacy of Korean “Comfort Women” and Their Continued Fight for Justice

Presented by Photoville

This work seeks to preserve the legacies and share the testimonies of Korean “comfort women,” a euphemism for women (mostly teenagers at the time) who were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II.

The Rocketgirl Chronicles (Brooklyn Bridge Park)

Presented by Photoville

The Rocketgirl Chronicles is an unintended photography project born during Melbourne’s sixth lockdown, documenting how one child’s imagination helped discover many small worlds around us, while the big world was shut down under the pandemic restrictions.

The urgent need to protect the Serengeti’s intricate web of life

Presented by National Geographic

The vast and varied ecosystem of thousands of plant and animal species is a place of astonishing resilience — but it needs the support of Kenyans and Tanzanians to survive.

Throned by Tiffany Smith

Presented by The Division of Continuing Education at the School of Visual Arts

SVACE is pleased to present Throned, a solo exhibition by SVACE and SVA MFA Photography and Related Media alumna Tiffany Smith, featuring a selection of photographs taken from the artist’s ongoing series which showcases a variety of portraits portraying community members.

Ukraine Under Attack: Documenting the Russian Invasion

Presented by The New York Times

New York Times photographers in Ukraine have captured the horrors of war.

Where Do I Go? (Lawen Ruh لوين روح)

Presented by Leica Women Foto Project

Despite the dire situation in Lebanon, I found hope and inspiration in the young generation of women. I found myself in awe of them — their creativity, strength, beauty, and resilience. I felt a sense of urgency in collaborating with them to tell their story — our collective story.

Where the Birds Never Sing

Presented by Magnum Foundation

Where the Birds Never Sing reenacts the memories of survivors from the 1979 Marichjhapi massacre in Sundarbans, West Bengal, India, weaving together perspectives on a painful history that faces slow erasure from collective memory.