{"id":230352,"date":"2026-05-13T19:45:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T19:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/230352\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T19:45:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T19:45:12","slug":"photoville-celebrates-15-years-with-citywide-festival-across-brooklyn-and-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/230352\/","title":{"rendered":"Photoville celebrates 15 years with citywide festival across Brooklyn and NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fifteen years after transforming shipping containers in Brooklyn Bridge Park into galleries for photographers around the world, Photoville<\/a> is returning bigger than ever.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The nonprofit photography organization announced that the 2026 Photoville Festival will run May 16-30, bringing more than 85 free exhibitions and public programs to parks, plazas and public spaces across all five boroughs. Once again anchored in Brooklyn Bridge Park, the annual festival has grown into one of the country\u2019s largest photography events, drawing in more than one million visitors in 2025 alone.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Founded in 2011 by Laura Roumanos, Sam Barzilay and Dave Shelley, Photoville began with a mission \u201cto identify, harness and conjure unexpected exhibition opportunities, champion new directions in photography and cultivate ties within an ever-expanding, globe-trotting community of photographers.\u201d<\/p>\n

The once experimental outdoor gallery in Brooklyn has evolved into a citywide showcase of visual storytelling, featuring photographers ranging from students to Pulitzer Prize winners.<\/p>\n

Festival Producer Suchan Vodoor said the milestone anniversary remains grounded in accessibility and community.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cWe really want everyone to feel welcome at Photoville \u2014 whether you\u2019ve been part of our community for the last 15 years, or you\u2019re encountering us for the first time on a stroll through the park. Everyone is invited.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Photoville\"The festival\u2019s opening weekend exhibition, \u201cBoroughs in Focus,\u201d will showcase NYC through the eyes of 25 photographers.File photo by Ximena del Cerro<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s festival will open with \u201cBoroughs in Focus<\/a>\u201d on May 16 \u2014 a showcase selected from open submissions depicting the five boroughs through the lens of 25 photographers. The opening night event launches a free community weekend celebration in Brooklyn Bridge Park\u2019s Emily Warren Roebling Plaza, featuring more than 65 exhibitions, family-friendly programming and food vendors from Smorgasborg.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Photoville Co-Founder Laura Roumanos reflected on the organization\u2019s growth over the last decade and a half.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cFifteen years ago when we started Photoville, all we wanted was a space where everyone felt welcome,\u201d she said. \u201cNow, after thousands of collaborations with visual storytellers and countless exhibitions, we\u2019ve built exactly that: a festival that champions photography and connects photographers with a huge, passionate audience they wouldn\u2019t reach otherwise.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0Installations will appear in locations including Dumbo Archway Plaza, Jackie Robinson Park in Harlem, Barretto Point Park in the Bronx, Astoria Park in Queens and Staten Island\u2019s South Beach Promenade.<\/p>\n

Photoville\u2019s exhibitions span topics from environmental justice, war, identity, music, incarceration, New York histories and more. Photo exhibits also span the globe, from Ukraine and Syria to Los Angeles and the Arkansas Ozarks.<\/p>\n

\"\"Installations will appear in locations including Dumbo Archway Plaza, Jackie Robinson Park in Harlem, Barretto Point Park in the Bronx, Astoria Park in Queens and Staten Island\u2019s South Beach Promenade.Brooklyn Paper file photo<\/p>\n

Among the featured exhibitions are Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Salwan Georges\u2019 \u201cThe Syria I Found Again,\u201d documenting his return to Syria after years away following the Syrian Civil War; \u201cLanding,\u201d by Maen Hammad, focusing on Palestinian skateboarders; and \u201cWild Hope: Rethinking Our Relationship with Nature,\u201d where photographer Ami Vitale highlights wildlife conservation efforts and those who spearhead them.<\/p>\n

In addition to exhibitions, Photoville will host professional development workshops with VSCO and Diversify Photo, and offer free educational field trips for New York City students, supported by PhotoWings. The organization will also present \u201cBridging Generations,\u201d a collaborative storytelling initiative pairing 12 high school students with 12 elders to preserve \u201coral histories and family photographs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Photoville\u2019s lead marquee partner this year is VSCO, alongside support from Brooklyn Bridge Park, NYC Parks, Leica, PhotoWings and numerous arts and cultural organizations throughout the city.<\/p>\n

Photoville Festival 2026 runs May 16-30 across New York City. Admission to all exhibitions and public programming is free. More information is available at Photoville\u2019s official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fifteen years after transforming shipping containers in Brooklyn Bridge Park into galleries for photographers around the world, Photoville…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109901,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[23358,23161,16561,10454,48108,64113,5827,8893,48110,90458,2610,9,90459,12,370,56,63,81235,65,64,90460,90461,90462,53694,26511,13074,88152,90463],"class_list":["post-230352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-art-exhibitions","tag-brooklyn-arts","tag-brooklyn-bridge-park","tag-brooklyn-events","tag-community-arts","tag-cultural-events","tag-documentary-photography","tag-dumbo","tag-free-nyc-events","tag-local-photography","tag-neighborhoods","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-culture","tag-news","tag-newsletter","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-festivals","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-nyc-photography","tag-outdoor-exhibitions","tag-photography-festival","tag-photojournalism","tag-photoville","tag-public-art","tag-visual-storytelling","tag-vsco"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}