1 Water Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
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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.
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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.
Learn MoreAmerica may be ending the 20-year “endless war,” but the way it is leaving Afghanistan will certainly mean the start of another phase of fighting in this war-torn country.
Learn MoreThe Four Elements from the Visual Thinking Collective showcases four bodies of work—the elements visually interpreted by: Nadia Aly (Water), selected by Lauren Steel; Oded Balilty (Earth), selected by Sarah Leen; realities:united (Air), selected by Shannon Simon; and Marcus Yam (Fire), selected by Elizabeth Krist.
Learn MoreThe Atlantic’s Inheritance is an ongoing reporting project that endeavors to fill the blank pages of Black history: to piece together, through reporting and data, the crucial events and conversations that have been intentionally left out of America’s story.
Learn MoreIn A Sense features the work of current MFA photography students from Parsons School of Design in New York City. It highlights various ways of seeing, representing, and creating within the medium of photography.
Learn MoreFilipino healthcare workers are reflecting on the impactful moments of the last year, sharing their stories of pain, courage and resilience as frontline workers in New York City.
Learn MoreThe service industry jobs that keep New York City’s heart ticking took a huge hit during the pandemic, leaving many people struggling. Meet some of those workers.
Learn MoreI am sharing the stories of Filipino nurses—a diaspora immensely affected by losses during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is my hope to share the lives behind the statistics and inform others on the colonial history that brought us here to America.
Learn MoreExplore stunning and compelling visual stories of love, resilience, joy, and humanity as told by our Lightroom Ambassadors.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) coordinates the global emergency response to save lives and protect people in humanitarian crises.
Learn MoreWhen it is the photojournalist’s job to document the world’s news events? What happens when a new, deadly disease spreads across the world and threatens nearly everyone and everything—including the photographer? Chris Hondros Fund posed these two questions to three photojournalists: In 2020, what did you see, and where do we go from here?
Thirteen photographers from around the world re-photograph a scene from their archive, juxtaposing images from the past with the tumultuous year of 2020. They explore the visual imprint left on us by COVID-19, systemic racism, and social upheaval worldwide.
The Museum of the Old Colony is a conceptual art installation that examines the fraught relationship between the U.S., and its modern-day colony Puerto Rico, through the use of appropriated historical imagery and objects.
A showcase of recent work from the students of the Department of Photography/Advertising at Film-Television and Communication College of Shanghai Normal University.
Places of Inspiration highlights photographic work created by four photographers, in places and spaces that are meaningful to the them in their creative and personal lives, which can often be one and the same.
Portraits of people and scenes of social distancing on the NYC Ferry during the summer.
Selected works by the 23 graduating seniors from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts Photography & Imaging BFA class of 2020, addressing issues of climate change, identity, cultural heritage, borders, adoption, alienation, visuality, labor, and more.
A photographer began photographing her brother to better understand him as a person on the autism spectrum. The project blossomed into a collaboration when he started to narrate his own story.
Never before have journalists been more vilified as enemies of the people, or their work so readily dismissed and brushed away as fake news.
From Bangladeshi garment factories to Portland’s Black Lives Matter protests, from Algeria’s streets to Hong Kong’s universities, Frontlines in Focus highlights the uprisings shaking our world this year, and the independent image makers whose roles are especially vital, during this time of collective isolation.
In Venezuela, women in prison wait for years–under cramped and deplorable conditions–before moving on to trial to be judged. Will the women be able to return to society upon release? What do their conditions tell us about the state of Venezuelan society?
Climate Archive by Suzette Bousema explores ancient ice cores from Antarctica and Greenland, as a visual representation and future prediction of climate change.
BLACKNESS IS seeks to highlight and challenge nuanced ideas of Black identity through the presentation of questions blended with landscape scenes of a desert, an environment known to be oppressive towards human life.
A Mother’s Eye features photographs of children made by their mothers. Artists uncover the moments that become family memories, narratives of growing up.
Since the start of the pandemic, health workers have been operating in difficult and grueling conditions, as they continue saving lives on the frontline. At the hospital where I work, staff must balance caring for patients with a limited supply of personal protective equipment, while keeping track of changing protocols, and working conditions.
Learn MoreCome join the Photoville community as we gather for a night of visual storytelling under the stars!
Learn MoreSpend the day roaming through the park exploring exhibitions, maybe partake in one of our many free workshops and tours and then come meet up for Happy Hour and visual storytelling on the Brooklyn waterfront. First drink is on us!
Learn MoreJoin us at the Opening Day Community Celebration to admire a selection of member work on the big screen and to socialize with friends and members of our Diversify Photo community!
Learn MoreEnd the Night of Visual Storytelling with us as one of our favorites, DJ LiKWUiD, closes out the show with tunes and dancing under the stars!
Learn MoreJoin us for an evening of music, community, and beautiful visual storytelling as we celebrate how photography captures and reflects our histories.
Learn MoreSpend the day roaming through the park exploring exhibitions, maybe partake in one of our many free workshops and tours and then come meet up for Happy Hour and visual storytelling on the Brooklyn waterfront.
Learn MoreJoin us at the Opening Day Community Celebration to admire a selection of member work on the big screen and to socialize with friends and members of our Diversify Photo community!
Learn MoreProduced and Hosted by Photoville Education
Proudly supported in partnership by PhotoWings
and the NYC Mayor’s Office of Media & Entertainment
Learn MoreExplore Monaris’s Collecting Hands project and join her on a fun and educational photo walk.
Learn MoreBack by popular demand, award-winning photojournalist Spencer Platt will guide students through the art and practice of street photography in this hands-on workshop.
Learn MoreWe explore the lives, trials and triumphs of some of the world’s greatest athletes, from the cover of our magazine to our digital platforms.
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