Outreach Spotlight:
Photoville NYC
For its seventh edition, Photoville will present work by more than 600 artists in 90 photography exhibitions & outdoor installations, providing an accessible venue for the public to experience both challenging and entertaining visual stories from a diverse group of artists, curators and organizations. In addition to exhibitions in and around the freight containers, Photoville offers panel...
PhotoWings Flash Grants
We’re thrilled to announce our latest grant opportunity, a series of PhotoWings Flash Grants. Propose a photography-based project for an opportunity to receive a grant from PhotoWings. Flash Grants will be in two funding streams with more than one award in each category possible depending on the quality/quantity of submissions.
Outreach Spotlight: CatchLight + Everyday Projects
Everyday Bay Area, a project of CatchLight, focuses on the power of visual storytelling to help SF Bay Area residents see and understand each other across identities, ages, demographics and geography. PhotoWings partnered with CatchLight to interview some of their fascinating participants – to learn about them and their thinking. In this compilation video we explore their early influences and what...
Andrea Bruce:
Our Democracy
With the “Our Democracy” project Andrea Bruce brings news literacy, community engagement and visual exploration into communities around the United States. Crisscrossing the country, Andrea connects with members of the community and uses visual and audio storytelling to explore their experiences and thoughts on contemporary democracy....
Foundry Photojournalism Workshop
Every year, the Foundry Photojournalism Workshop offers a chance to learn from some of the world’s most well respected photojournalists. In 2008, Foundry kicked off in Mexico City and has since been held in a different continent every year. 2018’s Foundry will be held in Kolkata, India. Foundry was established to bring a high-caliber workshop to people who otherwise could not attend such events....
Nancy Borowick:
The Family Imprint
Photographer Nancy Borowick tells us the moving story of documenting her parents’ struggle with cancer, and how the power of photography was able to help her be strong and resilient during their illnesses. Nancy Borowick is a humanitarian photographer currently based on the island of Guam. She is a graduate of the Documentary Photography and Photojournalism program at the International Center of...
Stacy Pearsall – On The Veterans Portrait Project
After 2-time Military Photographer of the Year award winner and Bronze Star recipient Stacy Pearsall was injured in combat, she came home to receive care in V.A. hospitals. It was in these spaces that she started to document the incredible stories of the other veterans, beginning a new chapter of her life as well as “The Veterans Portrait Project,” a project that is not only powerful and...
Outreach Spotlight:
The Everyday Projects
PhotoWings has partnered with The Everyday Projects to develop visual literacy, empathy and communication skills through a variety of education initiatives and events, including a 2.0 version of their Everyday Everywhere website, a book with an educational supplement, theatre projects, new curriculum, and a series of educational...
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We help photography to be better understood, created, utilized, seen, and saved.
We are proud to continue our partnership with Photoville,
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Join us for guest presentations from our Outreach Program partners, portfolio reviews and more!
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'Great photographers need determination not talent'
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Photographer Chris Killip reflects on what it takes to create images that truly record a place and time.This is our PhotoWings tent at Photoville under the Brooklyn Bridge. It was taken just before closing when it was finally quiet enough to show the full width without the enormous and enthusiastic crowds. Today we offered portfolio reviews, presentations, and virtual reality in addition to our photo booth. It's been a terrific experience. #Photovillenyc #photoville
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Politico - Video Interview with Gianni Cipriano | LensCulture
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With emphasis on the power of gesture and expression, photographer Gianni Cipriano spotlights the dark, theatrical underbelly of Italian politics"Marc Moitessier shot his project, 36 Poses, in Beijing in 2007, using one role of 36 exp film, and allowing himself to shoot just a single photograph each day" #Photography #CriticalThinking #Storytelling
Portrait of Humanity: Marc Moitessier’s photographic revolution
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Marc Moitessier is a photographer from Marseille, France. His most recent, and perhaps most challenging, body of work is 36 Poses, a project borne out of his frustration with himself and the over-saturated photography industry. Ignited by the feeling that he was taking too many photographs, and no l“It was great to work with Getty on this because I think it’s important that this kind of more authentic imagery of young women Muslim women filters into mainstream usage. I hope [the project] opens up a conversation about representation in the mainstream media.” #CriticalThinking #VisualLiteracy #Photography #Storytelling
Capturing the street style of London’s young Muslim women
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Posted Wednesday 8th August 2018 / Text By Niloufar Haidari Photography © Nina Manandhar In a new collaboration with Getty Creative, photographer Nina Manandhar captures a day in the life of a group of young women in West London during Ramadan. In a new collaboration with Getty Creative, photogr...