Take a Guided Tour of Brooklyn Bridge Park's Winding Photo Installation
If you’ve passed through Brooklyn Bridge Park lately you’ve likely noticed “The Fence,” the sprawling photo installation that spans hundreds of shots spread along 1,250 feet of fencing, stretching from Dumbo down to Pier 5 at Joralemon Street. It’s the fourth year for the exhibit, which presents the work of 40 photographers from around the…
It’s the fourth year for the exhibit, which presents the work of 40 photographers from around the world. The photographers are selected by a jury of art and photography mavens, who look for work that “exemplifies the essence of ‘community’ across cultural boundaries and geographical lines.”
Tomorrow evening the curators of “The Fence” — Sam Barzilay, Laura Roumanos and Dave Shelley of the Dumbo-based United Photo Industries — will lead a guided tour of the exhibit. The trio — who are also the guiding forces behind “Photoville,” an annual pop-up photo installation in Dumbo created in and around shipping containers — will discuss the project, and many of the featured photographers will be on hand to talk about their work.
The photo curators will also announce the winner of this year’s Grand Jury Prize, who will get a special exhibition during Photoville. (It will run from September 10 to 20.)
The free tour begins at 6 p.m., at Jane’s Carousel. It will conclude at an unspecified bar, a favorite of the curators where UPI is picking up the first round. For more information, click here.
“The Fence” will be up through September 20.
Photos via United Photo Industries. Top photo by Natan Dvir, below photo by Q. Sakamaki; both are featured in this year’s installation.
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