Category Archive: Bronx
Victor J. Blue: Cities in Dust April 4-21, 2019 “Over the course of the four-year campaign against the Islamic State, the US-led coalition conducted 14,638 airstrikes in Iraq and 16,864 airstrikes in Syria, the bulk of which fell on Mosul and Raqqa, the twin capitals of the ISIS caliphate. The cities were leveled in the […]
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Victor J. Blue: Cities in Dust April 4-21, 2019 OPENING RECEPTION Thursday, April 4th | 6-9PM “Victor J. Blue’s panoramic photographs of the destroyed cities of Raqqa, Syria, and Mosul, Iraq, on view at the Bronx Documentary Center from April 4th to 21st, navigate a landscape of devastation from aerial bombardment scarcely seen since World […]
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ROBIN HAMMOND: WHERE LOVE IS ILLEGAL February 2 – March 24, 2019 Opening reception: Sat., February 2 | 6-9PM Artist talk: Thurs., February 7 | 7PM “Almost 2.8 billion people live in countries where identifying as lesbian, gay, transgender, bisexual and intersex could lead to imprisonment, corporal punishment or even death. 72 nations around the […]
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TIM HETHERINGTON AND CHRIS HONDROS: WAR AND PEACE IN LIBERIA October 26th – December 16th, 2018 “Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros’ powerful photographs played an important role in moving the world to action and ultimately bringing the Second Liberian Civil War (1999-2003) to an end. Trapped with Liberian dictator Charles Taylor’s forces in besieged Monrovia […]
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LATIN AMERICAN FOTO FESTIVAL July 12th-22nd, 2018 OPENING RECEPTION Saturday, July 12th, 7-9PM BDC St Mary’s, 364 E. 151st Street, Bronx “Join the Bronx Documentary Center at the first-ever Latin American Foto Festival held in New York City. The festival brings award-winning photographers from throughout the Caribbean and Latin America to exhibit their photographs, create […]
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BRONX JUNIOR PHOTO LEAGUE JUN 14 – JUL 1, 2018 Middle School Reception Thursday, June 14th, 4-7PM High School Reception Friday, June 15th, 5-8PM FEATURING Justin Arroyo | Jada Arroyo | Tony Baizan | Kayla Beltran | Justin Brefo | Zarah Browne | Elisa Luna Cameron | Anastasia Cordona |Naomi Carrero | Bianca Colón | […]
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Zun Lee – Father Figure: Exploring Alternative Notions of Black Fatherhood February 3 – March 31, 2018 OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, February 3rd, 6-9PM “Through intimate black-and-white photographs, Zun Lee offers an intimate view into the daily lives of Black men with whom Lee has worked closely since 2011–men who are parenting in sometimes difficult social, […]
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Joseph Rodriguez – Spanish Harlem: El Barrio in the ’80s November 11 – December 23, 2017 “Shot in the mid-to-late 80s, Joseph Rodriguez’s photographs of East Harlem capture the core of the neighborhood, a spirit of a people that survives despite the ravages of poverty, and more recently, the threat of gentrification and displacement. In […]
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Émilie Régnier: From Mobutu to Beyoncé April 15 – June 4, 2017 Émilie, who grew up in Central Africa, has created a series of portraits exploring the symbolic power of leopard patterns and prints in Dakar, Kinshasa, Johannesburg, Paris and even a small town in Texas. Bronx Documentary Center 614 Courtlandt Avenue (@ 151st St.) […]
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EUGENE RICHARDS: BELOW THE LINE: LIVING POOR IN AMERICA OCTOBER 1 – NOVEMBER 6, 2016 OPENING RECEPTION: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 6-9PM It’s been almost thirty years since the publication of Eugene Richards’s landmark book, Below the Line: Living Poor in America. The book, though acclaimed at the time, was also controversial. Critics applauded the revealing […]
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