Nine artists from Inside Southwest Detroit (4 mentors and 5 students) and several community partners traveled to Brooklyn for Photoville and visits with artists and organizations across NYC. The trip was an opportunity to lay an inspirational and educational foundation for young photographers while collectively building opportunities and our network.
Member organizations of the Young Detroit Photo Society—Capturing Belief, Darkroom Detroit, and Inside Southwest Detroit with La Sirena Studio—convened daily to share time and ideas to build on back home.
The cohort arranged one-on-one time with photographers, visits to youth photography initiatives and the communities they serve, interviews, and tours of container exhibitions with artists from around the US and the world.
Michael Kamber at The Bronx Documentary Center and Abigaíl Montes at International Center of Photography at The Point shared particularly inspirational and relevant programming and curriculum, community exhibitions, and spaces that provided insights and opportunities for lasting relationships between Southwest Detroit and the Bronx.
We also visited The Brooklyn Museum and community photo exhibitions in Brooklyn, Manhattan, in the Bronx, several foundations to learn more about their work (Magnum Foundation, ArtPlace America), and with photographers Jamal Shabazz, Rachel Wisniewski, Joseph Rodriguez, and Ruddy Roye.
