Salvador Espinoza is a photographer born and raised in Long Island City, New York. His work has won awards from The Queens Council on the Arts as well as The New York City Council and has been published in the New York Times, NPR, BBC News, Rolling Stone and Mass Appeal.
This exhibit is connected to Queens through history, tradition, and intimate stories and experiences; three lens based artists – Anthoula Lelekidis, Salvador Espinoza, and Julie Thompson – explore themes of personal history of diaspora and memory, the impacts of development and gentrification, and the unique culture of local communities.
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Presented by Back to the Lab and Photoville, in partnership with PhotoWings
Recipient of the 2022 Photoville & PhotoWings Educator Exhibition Grant
During the summer of 2021, teenage students from the Jackson Heights and Elmhurst areas participated in a two-week intensive beginner photography workshop facilitated by Back to the Lab, a local photography organization.
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Q100 was photographed by Salvador Espinoza during 2016. The only method of public transportation to and from Rikers Island, the Q100 bus originates in his hometown neighborhood of Long Island City.
As the sun sets on the East River, we invite you to join us under the Brooklyn Bridge for a night of unique and brilliant visual stories from over 35 photographers centering the city we all love.
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