Join ICP on June 7 and 8 for Opening Weekend at Photoville! Photoville is a free, open-air photo festival that runs from June 7-22 and is focused on amplifying the voices of visual storytellers and connecting them to a worldwide diverse audience. It increases access to photography through a wide range of educational community initiatives and exhibitions throughout the city.
Photoville 2025 will kick off at Brooklyn Bridge Park on Saturday, June 7 and Sunday, June 8 with Opening Weekend, a jam-packed two days of workshops, artist-led walking tours, and other activities for the whole family.
Join ICP at Photoville to view our banner exhibition, "MIGRATION and MOVEMENT," workshops that engage the whole family in learning the fundamentals of photography, photowalks, portfolio reviews and more, all while exploring the DUMBO neighborhood!
Saturday, June 7
Brooklyn Bridge Street Photography Walk
11:00 AM–1:00 PM
Hone your street photography skills with a hands-on photo walk across the Brooklyn Bridge! In this image making activity, we will meet at ICP on the Lower East Side and walk downtown across the Brooklyn Bridge, ending at Photoville in Emily Warren Roebling Plaza. While learning basic photographic techniques, participants will use whatever image making device they have (smartphone, iPad, camera, etc.) to document what stands out most to them. The photo walk will last approximately 2 hours and is led by ICP alumni Lucia Buricelli whose work can be seen on view at Photoville this year, and ICP Faculty Hannah La Follette Ryan.
Meet at ICP, 84 Ludlow Street to join. Register to attend here.
Drop-in Activity
12:00-2:00 PM
Making Change: Posters, Buttons and Polaroids for New Climate Futures
Inspired by the works of Ed Burtynsky, participants will create monotypes frames following the rhythms and patterns of nature (Waves, rocks, wind, leaves). The frames will then be used to hold a polaroid portrait of the participant. Led by ICP Museum Educator Carlos Nunez
Button-making station where participants could choose from pre-selected images or draw their own designs to turn into buttons.
No prior registration necessary.
Portfolio Reviews
2:30-5:30 PM
Receive key feedback and guidance on your photographs and stories, and learn which courses at ICP could be right for you! Led by ICP faculty, Photoville attendees are invited to sign-up for one-on-one portfolio reviews of their work.
Sign up to participate in this portfolio review in person starting at 12:30 PM at the ICP Tent. Spaces will be assigned on a first come, first serve basis. Limited spaces available. Bring your work printed or on a personal, charged, laptop or device.
Sunday, June 8
Portfolio Reviews
2:30-5:30 PM
Receive key feedback and guidance on your photographs and stories, and learn which courses at ICP could be right for you! Led by ICP faculty, Photoville attendees are invited to sign-up for one-on-one portfolio reviews of their work.
Sign up to participate in this portfolio review in person starting at 12:30 PM at the ICP Tent. Spaces will be assigned on a first come, first serve basis. Limited spaces available. Bring your work printed or on a personal, charged, laptop or device.
MIGRATION and MOVEMENT at Brooklyn Bridge Park
Migration and Movement brings together the work of two contemporary photographers, Lucia Buricelli and Jutharat 'Poupay' Pinyodoonyachet, both alumni of ICP's full-time programs. The projects explore themes related to relocation, displacement, and departure of people. The images by these two photographers slice American life into bright flashpoints that illuminate chaotic elements of consumerism, immigrant culture, and synthetic patriotism.
Curated by Martha Naranjo Sandova.
ICP at THE POINT: Many Mirrors at Barretto Point Park
ICP at THE POINT: Many Mirrors is an exhibition of photographs by students from the International Center of Photography’s partnership with THE POINT CDC.
Based in the South Bronx and launched in 1997, the program is a year-round collaboration that teaches analog and digital photography, critical thinking, writing, and public speaking with the goal of fostering self-esteem, community development, and social change. The program includes weekly after-school classes for preteens, teens, and young adult.
Image © Lucia Buricelli, Jutharat 'Poupay' Pinyodoonyachet.
