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Outreach Spotlight: Our Democracy Project
Our Democracy Project (ODP) works to empower people to tell their stories of what democracy means to them, help bridge America’s divide and create a better understanding of the media. In partnership with ODP and the National Writing Project, we are designing a curriculum toolkit that interweaves educational videos with social media and additional resources. Educators can use these virtually or in the...
Outreach Spotlight:
Eddie Adams Workshop
The Eddie Adams Workshop is an intense four-day gathering of the top photography professionals, along with 100 carefully selected students. The photography workshop is tuition-free, and the students are chosen based on the merit of their portfolios. PhotoWings is a proud supporter of Eddie Adams Workshop, and has created a series of twenty reflective interviews with the renowned faculty and...
Outreach Spotlight:
Photoville Festival
Photoville returns for a ninth year in a different way – online community and artist programming plus photo exhibitions in public spaces throughout New York City. Explore the scope of our ongoing partnership through artist talks, educational resources, and more.
PhotoWings Education Partnership
Building on 3 years of collaboration with educators to develop lesson plans inspired by photography projects, the Photoville x PhotoWings Education Partnership provides Artist Talks, FENCE Education Guides, and Lesson Plans, designed to engage young people with photography. Photoville collaborates closely with artists and educators in developing these resources.
Stanley Greene – PhotoWings Interview
Stanley Greene (1949-2017) was born in New York. As a teenager, he was a member of the Black Panthers and an anti-Vietnam War activist. An encounter with W. Eugene Smith turned his energies to photojournalism. Greene has photographed wars and poverty in Africa, the former Soviet Union, Central America, Asia, and the Middle East. He has won five World Press Photo awards, is a recipient of the Eugene Smith...
Preserving Photographs: Family Albums and Professional Archives
Photojournalists MaryAnne Golon, Annie Griffiths, and Maggie Steber are known for their award-winning work and illustrious careers—in this video, we get a small peak into their personal lives as they discuss how, even to veteran photographers, some of the most important photos they have are the ones in their family albums.
Outreach Spotlight: Community Heroes
The goal of this project is to celebrate the everyday heroes of New York City — neighborhood by neighborhood. Heroes are residents who have taken it upon themselves to organize for good in the neighborhood. The Community Heroes project pairs local photographers to take portraits of inspiring individuals across the city. These portraits will be displayed in the neighborhood, and will be...
Sarah Blesener – PhotoWings Interview
Multi-award winning photographer Sarah Blesener tells us the story behind her project, Toy Soldiers, which deals with concepts of “patriotism” and “nationalism” in Russia and United States via military training camps for youth. She goes through the process of developing, researching, and documenting the year long endeavor. She recently was awarded the prestigious CatchLight...
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Explore Past
PhotoWings Partner Events:
The 33rd Annual Eddie Adams Workshop
October 9–11, 2020
Foundry Photojournalism Workshop
2020 Workshop postponedNew dates TBA
Photoville
September 17 – November 29, 2020!PhotoWings creates exclusive interviews and documentation at Outreach Partner events. Explore our collection of past interviews and videos
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"2019 Magnum nominee, Zied Ben Romdhane, discusses the Tunisian revolution's effect on his photography, his work on the nation's neglected industrial workers, and the benefits of taking one's time" #Photography #Photojournalism #Storytelling
From the Arab Spring to Tunisia's Neglected Mining Towns • Zied Ben Romdhane • Magnum Photos
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2019 Magnum nominee, Zied Ben Romdhane, discusses the Tunisian revolution's effect on his photography, his work on the nation's neglected industrial workers, and the benefits of taking one's time
"Days after Trump supporters stormed the Capitol Building, Leah Millis was still trying to grasp all that she saw.![]()
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The Washington, D.C.-based senior photojournalist for Reuters was outside the Capitol as the rioting began. Millis watched as rioters clashed with and fought police. By the time she left, she was drenched in chemicals from having been pepper-sprayed. By Friday, Millis still had not looked at all the work she produced." #Photography #Photojournalism #Storytelling
"In the 1970s, a group of photographers made poetic, affirmative representations of Black life. But why did most museums fail to recognize or validate their efforts?" #Archive #History #Legacy #Photography #Storytelling
The 1970s Photographers Who Made Poetic Visions of Black Life
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An exhibition at the Whitney celebrates the artists associated with the Kamoinge Workshop.
"Much of the imagery at last week's invasion of the Capitol was familiar from past right-wing rallies. Much of it, however, was not." #Photography #Photojournalism #Storytelling
What We Saw at the Capitol Hill Insurrection
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Much of the imagery at last week's invasion of the Capitol was familiar from past right-wing rallies. Much of it, however, was not.
"Photographer Amani Willett discusses his new book exploring the Black experience of driving in America over the past 85 years, and how these adventures in self-discovery have long been underpinned by fear and violence." #Archive #History #Legacy #Photography #Storytelling
The great American road trip, from a Black perspective
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Photographer Amani Willet discusses his new book exploring the Black experience of driving in America over the past 85 years and how too often, it has been marked by fear, violence and death.