Photoville is an amazing exhibition of photographs. People who interested in photography are free to enjoy viewing each photographer’s works. I was excited to see their photos and good to learn the way they shoot pictures.
The first photos that I like the most is from Bronx Activists. Bronx Junior Photo League is a group of after school documentary photo program for twelve to eighteen-year-old, who view the Bronx to write photo essays. With good subject to express the current issues in the Bronx. It included activism, housing access, public housing conditions, gun violence and public safety and more. Hebu Jamal is Julie Lozano’s work which is the one of photo in Bronx Activists. The photo shows a muslin girl who named Hebu stands on the street. Her face is warm and pure but little tire and helpless. She is typical muslin look that her scarf surround her head. Her hands look like prey something but not explicit to say what her gesture means. The background is her community Bronx. The photographer uses black and white to describe the melancholy atmosphere. Hebu has been disturbing about muslin issues for long time. People hatred and discriminated them badly. She was suffering offensive questions sometimes but nothing can fightback because people think muslin is represents terrorists. Society issues are good topic to show the public a true world. Julie Lozano chose a wide perspective to reveal reality and grabs people’s attention on these problems.
Water is a women’s issue is another great work. The photographer puts six photos in one group. All related that the relationship with our daily live. Cooking, washing, planting, fishing are all need water. I like the way that the theme is about water is important to human that we have to consider pollution issues and how managed the water resource is pointed on his works clearly. He doesn’t use dark theme to shows water issue. However, the colorful images are fill of joy that leading people to think about more. After seeing his work that I thought water is the most important recourse serves human. If we have water to live that means we will never happy and death will wait for us.
The third theme that I like the most is : Past Tense-Dumbo Before Instagram. Here are bunches archival photographs around 1851 to 1980. The classic old New York pictures will take you back to 100 years ago to see how magnificent the city was. Michael Evans’ The Brooklyn Bridge punctuate the night view in August 1974. All though these pictures are black and white, the shining would never fade. I admired these photographers that they caught the moments we had never been. It will be everlasting to freeze the time and people would go further to move on better when they see these pictures. It is not only an art of photograph, but also an epic of the New York City.
