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Photoville in DUMBO to Kick Off with 'Battle of the Boroughs' Showcase

By Alexandra Leon | September 12, 2016 6:05pm
 The annual United Photo Industries exhibit, which sets photo galleries in different shipping containers at Brooklyn Bridge Park, will launch on Wednesday, Sept. 21 with a “Battle of the Boroughs” showcase.
Photoville to Showcase New York Photographers at 'Battle of the Boroughs'
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DUMBO — This year’s Photoville will kick off with a taste of photography from the five boroughs.

The annual United Photo Industries exhibit — which creates photo galleries out of shipping containers at Brooklyn Bridge Park — will launch on Wednesday, Sept. 21, with a “Battle of the Boroughs” showcase.

Five curators, one from each borough, will assemble a collection of photographs by seven visual artists from their borough. The exhibit will tell stories that span from a barbershop in Harlem to the skate scene in Staten Island. 

While the event is a "battle" in name only, it will be followed by the announcement of this year's People's Choice Award winner from The Fence, a pre-Photoville exhibit that featured 40 artists from around the world along the north end of Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Roger Clark of NY1 will host the kickoff event.

Battle of the Boroughts will feature work from the following artists:

Manhattan: curated by Dr. Deborah Willis, chair of the Department of Photography & Imaging at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University
► Bayeté Ross-Smith
► Jeffrey Henson Scales
► Jonno Rattman 
► Karl Peterson 
► Lola Flash
► Renee Cox 
► Sonia Louis Davis

Brooklyn: curated by Elizabeth Renstrom, Photo Editor at VICE Media
► Andre Wagner 
► Aviva Klein
► Daniel Arnold 
► Hiroyuki Ito 
► Jackson Krule 
► Meryl Meisler 
► Sophie Lvoff

Queens: curated by Scott Hall, Director of Photography at Travel & Leisure magazine
► Ben Arnon 
► Greg Kessler 
► Jeff Chien-Hsing Liao 
► Niko J. Kallianiotis Rona Chang 
► Brian Finke 
► Youngkyu Park

Staten Island: curated by Paul Moakley, Deputy Director of Photography at TIME Magazine
► Christine Osinski 
► Edward Coppola
► Gareth Smit 
► Irma Bohorquez-Geisler 
► Melissa Cacciola 
► Mike Shane 
► Stephen Obisanya

The Bronx: curated by Mike Kamber, co-founder of the Bronx Documentary Center
► Edwin Torres 
► Elias Williams 
► Elle Perez 
► Janet Lozano 
► Nina Robinson 
► Osaretin Ugiagbe
► Ricky Flores

The Battle of the Boroughs will start at 7 p.m. at the Photoville Beer Garden, which is sponsored by Brooklyn Brewery and Smorgasburg. Doors open to the public at 4 p.m.

This year's Photoville will take place under the Brooklyn Bridge on Sept. 21 from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m., Sept. 22 through Sept. 24 from noon to 10 p.m., and Sept. 25 from noon to 9 p.m.