STREETOPOLIS: Guided Photography Walk

Street Photography: Approaches, Practices and Methods
Guided Photography Walk

In conjunction with the Streetopolis exhibition and Artists’ Talk, the Association of Urban Photographers (AUP) will run a one-day workshop / guided photo walk on the Upper West Side. The main focus will be to encourage participants to consider how they might approach photographing in the street from a range of perspectives.

This workshop will be of particular interest to artists and photographers interested in rethinking how they might engage with critical urbanism and how ‘the street’ features within an expanded notion of ‘the urban’. Focus will be on approaches taken to image-making by five of the exhibiting artists: Kyler Zeleny, David Kendall, Yanina Shevchenko, Paul Halliday and Rebecca Locke. These artists are all experienced urban photographers and tutors regularly working within street environments, and will take participants out on a guided walk in the neighborhood followed by a feedback session. Use of cameras and smartphone cameras are both welcome.

Please note that spaces are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

Meeting location: Main lobby at W83, 150 West 83rd Street

Photo by Paul Halliday

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The 'Streetopolis' exhibition, supported by Goldsmiths, University of London, Urban Photo Fest and Openvizor, will run at the W83 Gallery from 10 September - 8 October, 2015 and is open Monday to Sunday, 8 am - 9 pm. In addition to the exhibition, there will be an exhibition talk on September 11 and workshop on September 12 led by participating artists. Furthermore, the exhibition will be shown in Barcelona, Spain and feature in Urban Photo Fest, which takes place in London, UK in October 2015.

The Association of Urban Photographers: www.urbanphotographers.org