Repost from @photoville. Come through and spread some love. We’ll be presenting at 7:30pm on June 4th. If you come through make sure you say peace. See you there!!!
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📸 🎉 We hope you can join us on Saturday, June 4, for our free Opening Day Community Celebration in @brooklynbridgepark from 1 pm-10 pm! 🎉 📸
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There is something for everyone!
➡ Exhibitions throughout the Park
➡ @leicacamerausa will once again be with us leading workshops
➡ @penumbratintypestudio portrait booth
➡ family activity with Creatively Wild @cwasdumbo
➡ in-person photography and zine-making workshops @icp
➡ artist-led walking tours and demonstrations with @adobe @lightroom
➡ artist tours guided by Photoville founders
➡ interactive photo booth with photographer @tiffanysmithstudio presented by the @svacontinued
➡ tabletop photography workshop at @westelmdumbo with prop stylist @robinzachary
➡ Attend an Educator Community Happy Hour with the Photoville team
➡ Get scrumptious bites and brews at the @smorgasburg Pop Up.
➡ And as the sun sets, catch a musical performance presented by @haiticulturalx featuring musician Beethova Obas (@beethovaobasofficial)
🎥The evening continues with a special screening hosted by @blackshutterprod creator, Idris Solomon featuring @jeffreyhensonscales @laylahb @keithmajor @phyllis.iller
✨🎵💃🏽The night ends with tunes played by @likwuid and dancing under the stars. ✨✨
🕶Can't wait to see you all!
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📅 Opening June 4 and exhibits on view till June 26, 2022
📍 60+ exhibitions across all 5 boroughs + online programming
✨ Link in the bio to learn more about all that’s in store
#PhotovilleFestival @photoville
Thanks to the Marquee Partners: @nycparks @brooklynbridgepark @leicacamerausa @twotreesny @photowings @madein_ny @nyscouncilonthearts @dumbobid
📸 by @kishabari & @laurencro for @photoville
“So, 2014 is when I started capturing dark skin models, dark skinned men. Recently, up until last year, I started to think “I wanna do fine art” — taking all the classical pictures you see but doing it in a way where its black models. I can honestly say that now is when I’m doing photography because I love it. Before, I did it because I was good at taking pictures. Or, I was doing it because I wanted clout to say I’m a photographer. But now I’m doing it because I want to create something that you could put in your home.”
@Sagecausie | Ep 52
Tune in to hear the entire conversation where you stream podcasts.
#blackart #blackphotographers #blackphotography #fineart #art #darkskinbeauty #blackisbeautiful #blackshutterfam #tampa #artphotography #quote #inspiration
Excerpt from Episode 51 featuring @michaelnoblejr:
“Yes, we wanna shoot these BLM stories because we can get better stories on the ground because we relate to what people are going through on the everyday level. But I also wanna shoot a dog show. I'm capable of doing both. Don't just use me when my community is being terrorized.”
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Couldn’t have said it any better than that my brother.
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#photography #photojournalism #photojournalist #blm #blacklivesmatter #quotes
Hi all, @pollyirungu here. 👋🏾 My takeover is coming to an end today.
In addition to being a freelance photographer, I’m also the founder of @blackwomenphotographers, a global community, and directory that I started in July 2020. Being a founder of a community, as Idris and Leslie know, is not an easy thing. It keeps me busy. 😅 Before I go, here’s a little glimpse of a day in my life. 👀 You can watch parts one and two on B&H’s or BWP’s YouTube channel. Thank you all so much for rocking with me. 🖤🙏🏾📸✨
#blackshuttertakeover #blackshutterhistory #tellblackstories #shareblackstories #blackphotography #goodtrouble #blackexcellence #blackwork
Chicago-based commercial, portrait, and unit stills photographer, @parrish_lewis, shares a story about his time on set with @yahya for the production of @candymanmovie. Tune in to episode 45 to hear the whole conversation. ✊🏿
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#blackshutterfam
#tellblackstories #blackphotographers #blackphotography
#unitphotographer #chicago #candyman
When I started out, I’d be the only Black person in a very uncomfortable and un-embracing environment. And I made a commitment to myself that when I was in charge the sets would look like the world I lived in. It would look like something where any black kid can open the door, peek in there, and see the possibility of a future. (@johnsimmonsasc)
- John Simmons, ASC - Epiode 44
Tune in to hear the entire conversation. So many more amazing quotes and jewels of wisdom.
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#blackshutter #blackphotographers #blackphotography #tellblackstories #blackexcellence #cinematography #blackhollywood
Peace to all! My name is Melissa Alexander, an empathetic heart based in Atlanta, GA. Through my photography and film work, I create worlds where Black folks thrive.
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My photography journey began years ago as a youth flipping through family photo albums. It was something about these bygone moments being stilled that did something for me. Memories on pause.
Fast forward to my adulthood, living in Atlanta’s West End community and, having just purchased a camera with my own money, I began making portraits around my neighborhood. Street photography allowed me to see my neighborhood on a deeper level, connect with the people. I sought to document West End, which was (and still is) being ravaged by gentrification, wanting to ensure that the people who lived here, the often displaced, were etched into our memories.
There were two instances that led to be discontinuing street photography. The first being that I received money from exhibited work of West End - it felt like I was taking just as much FROM my community as any other gentrifier, with nothing to give back.
To rectify this in my heart, I had the idea to create a visual love letter and short film entitled “To West End, With Love.” A moving documentation of the Light that exists here. I tell folks all the time: West End isn’t some big neighborhood, rife with things to do and see. It’s a place where you sit down and let happen to *you*. You drink it in, slowly, relishing each flavor that passes by.
“To West End, With Love” is comprised of three separate vignettes that flow into one another seamlessly. Shot and edited by me, written by my girl Olamma Oparah (@olammalamma), and featuring folks who live, love, and frequent West End.
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#PhyllisIller #MelissaAlexander #blackshuttertakeover #BSPTakeover #tellblackstories #shareblackstories #blackphotographers #blackphotography #goodtrouble #blackexcellence #blackwork
Peace to all! My name is Melissa Alexander, an empathetic heart based in Atlanta, GA. Through my photography and film work, I create worlds where Black folks thrive.
_________
My photography journey began years ago as a youth flipping through family photo albums. It was something about these bygone moments being stilled that did something for me. Memories on pause.
Fast forward to my adulthood, living in Atlanta’s West End community and, having just purchased a camera with my own money, I began making portraits around my neighborhood. Street photography allowed me to see my neighborhood on a deeper level, connect with the people. I sought to document West End, which was (and still is) being ravaged by gentrification, wanting to ensure that the people who lived here, the often displaced, were etched into our memories.
There were two instances that led to be discontinuing street photography. The first being that I received money from exhibited work of West End - it felt like I was taking just as much FROM my community as any other gentrifier, with nothing to give back.
To rectify this in my heart, I had the idea to create a visual love letter and short film entitled “To West End, With Love.” A moving documentation of the Light that exists here. I tell folks all the time: West End isn’t some big neighborhood, rife with things to do and see. It’s a place where you sit down and let happen to *you*. You drink it in, slowly, relishing each flavor that passes by.
“To West End, With Love” is comprised of three separate vignettes that flow into one another seamlessly. Shot and edited by me, written by my girl Olamma Oparah (@olammalamma), and featuring folks who live, love, and frequent West End.
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#PhyllisIller #MelissaAlexander #blackshuttertakeover #BSPTakeover #tellblackstories #shareblackstories #blackphotographers #blackphotography #goodtrouble #blackexcellence #blackwork
Believe in yourself. Believe in the dream. Then watch the magic happen. Shout out to @ikeandtash for betting on themselves. Tune in to hear the rest of Episode 34.
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#blackshutter #tellblackstories #shareblackstories #blacklove #blackphotographers #blackphotography #seattle
Trust in yourself and you’ll build trust in others. Trust the process. Tune in to Episode 33 with Melissa Alexander (@phyllis.iller) to year the rest of the convo.
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#atlanta #blackphotographers #blackphotography #blackphotographer #blackfemalephotographer #blackwomenphotographers #portraitphotography #tellblackstories #shareblackstories #blackshutter #blackshuttercollective
