Detroit Institute of Arts hosts “Facing Change: Documenting DETROIT,” a slideshow projected on the museum building of photographs by local emerging photographers
Updated Sep 8, 2016
September 8, 2016 (Detroit)—The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), in partnership with Documenting DETROIT, presents “Facing Change: Documenting DETROIT,” a slideshow of photographs by 21 Detroit-area emerging photographers that will be projected on the museum’s southeast wall on Friday, Sept. 23 with 30-minute shows at 8 and 9:30 p.m. The program is free, and attendees are encouraged to bring a chair or blanket.
Documenting DETROIT is a community-based photojournalism initiative that brings 21 Detroit-area photographers together in an inaugural fellowship program mentored by accomplished documentarians and photojournalists. It is a project of “Facing Change: Documenting America,” a non-profit collective of photojournalists exploring America and the critical issues it faces, whose goal is to create a visual resource that raises social awareness and expands public debate.
Documenting DETROIT is the story of Detroit told by Detroiters. The photographers have been detailing daily life in the city for the past three months, covering many different subjects: their families; automotive culture; the Latino diaspora in Southwest Detroit; food deserts; portraits inside nightclubs; Belle Isle; Detroit City Football Club; spirituality among Muslim communities; Del Ray and the impact the Gordie Howe Bridge will have on residents of the area; families who are part of Clark Park Coalition; the Nation of Islam; portraits of black youth ages nine to 22; students at an alternative public high school and more.
“These talented young photographers focus on issues important to all of us who live in and around Detroit,” said Salvador Salort-Pons, DIA director. “By seeing Detroit through their lens, we create connections to each other and begin to build a more just community for everyone.”
In the coming months, Documenting DETROIT will bring images and stories from all of Detroit’s walks of life into the common spaces of the city, including displays in downtown storefront windows and billboard size wall posters on neighborhood buildings. They also host free monthly events at the Red Bull House of Art in historic Eastern Market and other locations, presenting Detroit, national and international guest photographers to show their work and participate in panel discussions.
For more information on the project, visit www.DocumentingDETROIT.org. https://www.facebook.com/documentingdetroit/ or @EverydayMotorCity.
September 8, 2016 (Detroit)—The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), in partnership with Documenting DETROIT, presents “Facing Change: Documenting DETROIT,” a slideshow of photographs by 21 Detroit-area emerging photographers that will be projected on the museum’s southeast wall on Friday, Sept. 23 with 30-minute shows at 8 and 9:30 p.m. The program is free, and attendees are encouraged to bring a chair or blanket.
Documenting DETROIT is a community-based photojournalism initiative that brings 21 Detroit-area photographers together in an inaugural fellowship program mentored by accomplished documentarians and photojournalists. It is a project of “Facing Change: Documenting America,” a non-profit collective of photojournalists exploring America and the critical issues it faces, whose goal is to create a visual resource that raises social awareness and expands public debate.
Documenting DETROIT is the story of Detroit told by Detroiters. The photographers have been detailing daily life in the city for the past three months, covering many different subjects: their families; automotive culture; the Latino diaspora in Southwest Detroit; food deserts; portraits inside nightclubs; Belle Isle; Detroit City Football Club; spirituality among Muslim communities; Del Ray and the impact the Gordie Howe Bridge will have on residents of the area; families who are part of Clark Park Coalition; the Nation of Islam; portraits of black youth ages nine to 22; students at an alternative public high school and more.
“These talented young photographers focus on issues important to all of us who live in and around Detroit,” said Salvador Salort-Pons, DIA director. “By seeing Detroit through their lens, we create connections to each other and begin to build a more just community for everyone.”
In the coming months, Documenting DETROIT will bring images and stories from all of Detroit’s walks of life into the common spaces of the city, including displays in downtown storefront windows and billboard size wall posters on neighborhood buildings. They also host free monthly events at the Red Bull House of Art in historic Eastern Market and other locations, presenting Detroit, national and international guest photographers to show their work and participate in panel discussions.
For more information on the project, visit www.DocumentingDETROIT.org. https://www.facebook.com/documentingdetroit/ or @EverydayMotorCity.