Photoville 2019 and Welcoming Week
For Welcoming Week come and join us at Photoville, in picturesque Brooklyn Bridge Plaza, from September 12-22, 2019. Located in Brooklyn Bridge Park in DUMBO beneath the majestic span of the Brooklyn Bridge— will be transformed into an immersive photography village populated by 90+ shipping containers repurposed into galleries.
A completely free, public photography festival, bellow we have highlighted the exhibitions, talks, workshops and events connected to immigration and community.
We look forward to seeing you there. Check out the website Photoville.nyc for more details.
WELCOME
Photography Exhibition: Andrew Oberstadt
with International Rescue Committee
Exhibition photographs and videos of IRC's work in the U.S. explores the arc of resettlement; different types of arrivals and welcomes, as well as our organization's long commitment to rebuilding lives and communities. The visual display will illustrate the journey to resettlement, the value that new Americans add to our communities, and the consequences of the administration’s dangerous policies.
More info: https://photoville.nyc/welcome/
THE PLACE WHERE CLOUDS ARE FORMED
Photography Exhibition: Gareth Smit, Ofelia Zepeda, Martín Zícari
with Magnum Foundation
The Place Where Clouds Are Formed combines poetry, critical text, and photography to investigate the intersection of religion and migration in the borderlands of Arizona and Sonora, the ancestral land of the Tohono O’odham.
More info: https://photoville.nyc/the-place-where-clouds-are-formed/
THE LANGUAGE OF THE CITY: IMMIGRANT VOICES
Photography Exhibition: Eugene de Salignac, Larry Racioppo, and other photographers employed by the City of New York between 1908 and 1956
with The New York City Municipal Archives
The Department of Records and Information Services, offers a selection of historical photographs from its Municipal Archives, featuring images of immigrants in the city. These images show everyday scenes in various communities, provoking the viewer to–potentially–reconsider the identity of immigrants during a volatile period in our country’s history.
More info: https://photoville.nyc/language-city-immigrant-voices/
CIMARRONA: WOMEN AND AFRICAN SPIRITUALITY
Photography Exhibition: Johis Alarcón
with
United Photo Industries EMERGI-CUBE Program
This ongoing project explores the representation of women and African spirituality: as guardians of ancestral African practices, as a method of cultural preservation, and to challenge the cultural resistance of the diaspora in the Ecuadorian territory.
More info: https://photoville.nyc/cimarrona-women-and-african-spirituality/
LA ÚLTIMA
Photography Exhibition: Verónica G. Cárdenas
with United Photo Industries EMERGI-CUBE Program
La Última, The Last One, shows trans women preparing to seek asylum with dignity in the U.S. while waiting in unsafe conditions in a shelter in Tijuana.
More info: https://photoville.nyc/la-ultima/
NO WAHALA, IT’S ALL GOOD: A SPIRITUAL CYPHER WITHIN THE HIP-HOP DIASPORA
Photography Exhibition: Adama Delphine Fawundu
with United Photo Industries
No Wahala, It's All Good: A Spiritual Cypher within the Hip-Hop Diaspora is a representation of this cultural connection between Africa and its diaspora.
"As a first-generation American born in the U.S. to parents from Sierra Leone and Equatorial Guinea, I am a product of cultural hybridity."
More info: https://photoville.nyc/no-wahala-its-all-good-a-spiritual-cypher-within-the-hip-hop-diaspora/
ABSENT MONUMENTS: BROOKLYN WATERFRONT
Photography Exhibition: Rose DeSiano
with United Photo Industries
Photoville presents Absent Monuments: Brooklyn Waterfront which tells the tales of Brooklyn’s historically bustling waterfront, including: mercantilism, colonization, war, abolitionism, woman’s activism, immigration, and modern urbanization. The various scenes are surrounded by floral tiles, a motif that honors the region's Native American people, and acknowledges other periods of cultural displacement that have occurred in Brooklyn.
More info: https://photoville.nyc/absent-monuments-brooklyn-waterfront/
STORIES FOR THE ARCTIC REFUGE
Photography Exhibition: Mason Cummings, Erika Larsen, Pat Kane, Peter Mather, Matt Nolan, Keri Oberly, Katie Orlinsky, Florian Schulz, Kiliii Yuyan, Nathaniel Wilder
with Native Movement, Sierra Club, The Wilderness Society
Today, the Arctic Refuge is facing a critical period. Not only are the effects of climate change tangible every day, the hunt for oil and gas continues to spread across the lands and waters on Alaska’s North Slope.
More info: https://photoville.nyc/stories-for-the-arctic-refuge/
EL WORKER’S STUDIO / EL ESTUDIO DE LOS TRABAJADORES
Photography Exhibition: Project Luz
with United Photo Industries
Project Luz is a nomadic space to share, learn, and experiment using photography as a tool of empowerment for immigrant communities. Project Luz partners with community groups and organizations to facilitate encounters where participants learn and co-create images inspired by identity and life stories. At Project Luz, workshop participants explore their experience of the city and present stories from their individual migrant perspectives.
More info: https://photoville.nyc/el-workers-studio-el-estudio-de-los-trabajadores/
SALIDA FOTOGRAFICA
Sunday, Sept 22 | 12PM – 4PM
Location: Workshop Tent
Join us for our first ever workshop taught entirely in Spanish!
Este es un taller donde debe traer su propia cámara. / This is a BYOC (bring-your-own-camera) workshop.
More info: https://photoville.nyc/salida-fotografica/
TOUR EN ESPAÑOL CON SOL ARAMENDI DEL PROYECTO LUZ
Saturday, September 21 | 1:00PM – 2:00PM
Meets at Photoville New Dock Street Entrance
Walking Tour: Sol Aramendi
with Project Luz
Sol Aramendi será su gira para un tour en español del Photoville.
Sol Aramendi leads a guided tour–in Spanish!–of Photoville’s exhibitions.
More info: https://photoville.nyc/tour-en-espanol-con-sol-aramendi-del-proyecto-luz/
AN AFTERNOON WITH LYNSEY ADDARIO AND JOHN MOORE
Sunday, September 15 | 3:00PM – 4:30PM
Location: St. Ann’s Warehouse 
Panel Discussion featuring: Lynsey Addario, John Moore
with United Photo Industries and St. Ann's Warehouse
Join us as two celebrated photojournalists sit down for a conversation about their impactful work traversing the globe, from the current humanitarian crises in Syria, to immigrant crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border during the Trump administration.
More info: https://photoville.nyc/an-afternoon-with-lynsey-addario-and-john-moore/
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