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Music photography exhibit Presence opens in Brooklyn on Friday (preview the show)
Presence was organized by Ryan Muir and Ebru Yildiz, and longtime BV readers will likely recognize the names of some of the participants, many of whom we’ve had the good fortune to feature on these pages over the years.
Veteran NYC music photographers Ryan Muir and Ebru Yildiz (whose names are likely familiar to you if you’ve been reading BrooklynVegan for a while) have organized a new photo exhibit, Presence, featuring the music work of over 50 photographers. Here’s more about the show from them:
This exhibition brings together the perspectives of over 50 working artists, collaborators and in many cases, good friends. United under an energy of mutual support and creative encouragement and drawn from various musical and visual disciplines, we artists gather to celebrate a diverse range of influences that shape and inspire our work.
At a time where we almost always exclusively see each other’s work online, we especially feel it is especially important to get together in person and look at actual prints instead of our phone screens and celebrate the love and hard work that every one of us put into our work. As photographers, we exist mainly behind the scenes, our presence often minimized for the benefit of the bigger work: long nights under the dim glow of monitor screens and darkroom safe lights. This show is an opportunity to step forward, to acknowledge each other in community, and to honor both those who paved the way before us and those who will follow.
This is our ‘presence’
Longtime BV readers will also likely recognize the names of some of the participants, many of whose work we’ve been honored to feature on these pages over the years. They include, in alphabetical order, A.F. Cortes, Amy Rose-Mills, Andrew Bisdale, Andrew Lipovsky, AnnaMaria Leal, Azikiwe Mohammed, Ben Trogdon, Bob “Pictureman” Greco, Dana Distortion Yavin, David Andrako, DeShaun Craddock, Drew Gurian, Edwina Hay, Ellen Qbertplaya, Emilio Herce, Eric Tsurumoto, Ester Segretto, Harriet Roberts, Gabrielle Ravet, Gaelle Beri, Guy Eppel, Jackie Neale, Jackie Roman, Jaclyn Joan Kullberg-Cummins, Jacob Blickenstaff, Jeanette D. Moses, Jen Roman, Joel Henderson, Katie Dadarria, Keith Marlowe, Ken Grand-Pierre, Kenneth Bachor, Kevin W. Condon, Kevin McGann, Kristi Brown, Lauren Silberman, Leah Bouchier-Hayes, Maggie V. Miles, Marissa Alper, Meredith Truax, Mitchell Wojick, Nikki Phillips, Noel Woodford, Reuben Radding, Sacha Lecca, Samantha Marble, Samantha Schein, Sander Randall, Shawn Brackbill, Toby Tenenbaum, Tod Seelie, Todd Owyoung, Vivian Wang, and yours truly (Amanda Hatfield).
There’s an opening reception for Presence on Friday, March 7 at 1166 Manhattan Ave #302 in Brooklyn from 7-10 PM, where Brooklyn Brewery will be serving complimentary refreshments while supplies last, and the exhibit is open to the public on March 8-9 from 12-5 PM.
Get a preview of the exhibit below, featuring photos of Deftones, Depeche Mode, Kelela, Julien Baker and Torres, Ethel Cain, David Johansen, and more.
