I always try to catch Photoville every year. This year it will run through June 22. Years back, it was held more towards the end of summer. As of last year, it's also arranged a bit differently but I love everything about it. Talented photographers showcasing their work with important messages embedded in their photos. Example: migrants living in shelters and mass shootings. Some exhibits are held in containers while others are in the open space. I took tons of photos of these photos. Don't miss it. read more

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This is a fantastic annual exhibit. They have galleries in several boroughs, but the HQ is in Brooklyn Bridge Park. We came opening weekend. Admission was free. We were blown away by the amount of art there was to see. I loved the micro galleries inside shipping containers. Super inventive method for presenting the work. Several were decorated based on the themes of the photos. Everything was well curated and engaging. They had food and special performances for opening weekend as well, though most of the programming took place in the late afternoon so we weren't able to catch anything. Several artists were on hand to answer questions about their work. They also had booths offering free personal portraits and dog shots. Definitely worth checking out! Such a treat to enjoy so much provocative art in a relatively small space. read more

Photoville is not limited to one NYC Borough. It's a festival that has grown over the years. I was walking along the East River Esplanade the other day and came across the huge poster advertising the locations of the artwork for the current 2021 event. These events are great for people like me that run all over taking photos of artwork. I'm not sure how many of the locations I will visit this year. I'm letting you know about it in case we enjoy the same activities. You can see the locations listed in the photo I posted. I hope you enjoy this year's event as much as I do. read more

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This was my first year going to Photoville. I was very impressed. Artists posted their photos in shipping containers. My friend, Lizzy, and I were sweating bullets. It had to be close to 90 degrees that day. It wasn't ideal to be inside those containers. We walked around Time Out Market and I was salivating at all the yummy foods. I have to go back there for lunch or dinner. read more

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I love this yearly event, it inspires me to work on my photography whenever I walk around the hundreds of submissions. It's a great day for a date or just if you love photography. read more

Heading down to Brooklyn Bridge Park? Why not have some culture and art in your life. Through June, usually through Fri - Sunday Photoville is at Pier 3. Read about Photoville and wanted to check it out at Pier 3. It's a outdoor Photography art show with clinics on photography and art. Vendors also display photography equipment and new gadgets. Loved the new Polaroid table they had there. It's a great new way to display photography. Instead of having art galleries, you have containers and each container displays ones photography show. It's a neat and interesting new way to display art in the summer season. It kind of reminded me of Dekalb market with their containers. There is a mini dog park as well and a great art installation of flowers made out of lil plastic cameras. To keep one's artistic juices flowing there is also a great outdoor shaded beer garden with food trucks which rotate through the weekend. On the day i visited they had Brooklyn Brewery beer for $5 and Rickshaw Dumplings, Frites and Meats, Valduccis Pizza, and Eat Morris Truck. It's a great way to spend a summer afternoon and enjoy the art of photography. read more

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This is incredible. I love supporting artists and this is the perfect way to do it. The atmosphere is amazing, the photography was top notch, just a great experience. I advise to come around 6, you can see the art and a beautiful sunset on the city. 10/10 recommend for date night, a stroll by yourself or bring friends. 5/5 read more

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Photoville is the organization that puts up the large print outs of photography all over Brooklyn Bridge Park. I always take time out to admire their selections and the various perspectives and styles they showcase. They put on a great photography pop up gallery and fair Sept 10-20 this year, which was chock full of great photographers, highlighting unique perspectives, human rights issues, cultures, and history. There were super fun booths by Instagram and Nat Geo, Getty and the NY Times, and awesome talks and presentations. In addition, they somehow wrangled in a mini food court with a pop up beer garden overlooking lower Manhattan. On top of it all, its free, well, there's a $3 suggested donation. But getting exposure to some amazing artists and their work was totally worth it. read more

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I was kind of dissapppinted with Photoville this year. It was relocated from pier 5 in Brooklyn Bridge Park to pier 3 underneath the Brooklyn Bridge. It was smushed into a much smaller location. Some containers were raised and people walked up onto riders to see into them. The smaller space made it more crowded and harder to wander. The worst part to me was that the whole time I felt so bored. It seemed like the same person picked out all the art. In my opinion, the photographs seemed to appeal to the same audience making the experience limiting. This year there was a 'beer garden'. This was a piece of grass where beer was sold and people sat on soggy grass. I can bring my own beer and do this outside of the fenced 'beer garden'. No one made an effort to develop an atmosphere in this section. I tried to stay but it was honestly just not fun and I couldn't force it. read more

Photoville - Festivals Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

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What a great event! I loved the setting and all the eye-opening exhibits. The exhibits showed a wide variety from fashion in New York to poverty in the poorest countries. I love the Brooklyn bridge backdrop. There is a suggested donation at the door. I could have spent hours there but unfortunately they close at 10pm. They have a beer garden and food as well. Sadly we were not able to try it as they closed. Definitely try to go earlier as it is an all day event. read more

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My friend had informed me about this photo exhibition so we came together. Really taking lots of space with photos of many topics. The section impressed me the most was the scenes taking inside the prison, as I would consider prison life being very remote from our own. They were as normal and as real as ours! Towards the end, you would also able to take a selfie and upload onto Instagram. This exhibition is free of charge, however it will only be around for ten days. read more

Photoville - Festivals Near Me - Brooklyn, New York

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This event is magic. Lots of little nooks with a million different kinds of artists. The folks it brings together are also an eclectic and beautiful bunch of humans. Some of my favorites were the exhibits with a message, images that struck me and moved me were the Ebola exhibits, the exhibits about race within the historical context, the one's about prisons and so much much. I'm not a fan of art-for-art-sake kind of work, but that's just me. About half of the exhibits were in that realm (maybe less than half), so just know that. It's also such a great location in Dumbo. Nice and sunny, but by the coolness of the water, near a ton of restaurants & super innovative. Artsy Fartsy, Renee from the Bay read more

Photoville was the most worthwhile photo event I've been to. Aside from having advantageous and educational seminars, It was a unique venue. The exhibition area was located outside in an empty lot, by the pier. In this lot, were empty metal freights with bare tungsten light bulbs hanging in a line, on the roof. Slightly under lit but it gave a nice grungy feel. Each freight held a a different collection of photographs. Mostly photo-journalistic with some fine art based works. It was a nice mix of photographic styles. What stuck out for me most during this festival were the work's of Ann Curry and the free educational seminars. Ann Curry had a group of large images.They were her personal stills from stories she had covered. They had a gentle intimacy I really enjoyed and they were part of a multimedia piece. In her freight were tables with ipads connected to headsets. You wore the headsets and held the connected ipad, so it could capture the image you were looking at. Once the ipad identified it, it automatically played Ann Curry's news report done on that particular still photo. I found her angles very personal on some very broad topics with intimate interviews. Photoville offered a range of seminars from: how to take photos , discussions on the business of photography and group critiques. Not only was it a great exhibition it was a great resource. I chose to go to a an informative seminar on speaking with gallery owner's. There was a panel of speakers who worked in the gallery world and I received an interesting perspective on the whole thing. read more

This year Photoville was at Pier 5 not 3 and thank gosh, unlike in the past, in September and not during some of the hottest days of summer. As always the photography was a mixed bunch. My faves this year included some extraordinary war photography of the Liberian Civil War. Great war photography chronicles history and presents truths that are raw, often ugly..taken by courageous men and women who sometimes themselves have fallen as they strove to document the grimness of wars. Here were photos of children with dead eyes and live guns, of sandals abandoned in pools of blood the consistency of red tar you wonder how many bled to produce such thick puddles and with a pang wish the owners of those sandals died quickly or else escaped harm. There was a photo of a child withan arm torn by shrapnel, the hand barely attached to bones stripped of its flesh; you could close your eyes and still feel the suffering and pain emanating from that image. Interrogations was another exhibit that showed men and women caught and frozen with fear and helplessness; an explanation says the photos were recreations; you hope so as your mind catches the horror of seeing photo of the man with the gun held to his head. The next time you see a shooting star, wish again for peace on earth. On a lighter note there was the Great Outdoors, scenes of what else, the great outdoors! Keep on Dreaming presented the desires and dreams of 23 Dutch photographers. The venue doesn't always do the photography justice, I agree with another Yelper, because sometimes you get too much shadow, sometimes too much light while you try to look at the photos. But it was an attempt to present a diverse range of photos in a outdoor venue that was quite accessible. Sharon C didn't realize that they have ramps for the disabled, and while I myself thought it was silly to have books in containers and then guards guarding books, I liked the originality of the whole idea. Dumbo and Brooklyn Bridge park were industrial areas once, and I think the containers pay homage to that and large number of containers allows less known photographers to display their work. There was even a container with envelopes inviting the public to submit their own photos for a rotating exhibit.With so many containers, you will surely find an exhibit that interests you. And of course, there are the food trucks in the beer garden area to save you should you get hungry after viewing. For the $3 suggested donation, it was well worth it for anyone with any interest in photography read more

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Photoville near the bridge was amazing! I wish that it lasted longer though. I tried to see every exhibit but became overwhelmed (in a good way) after about 2 hours. All of the work and each photographer is so talented and their work truly spoke to me. Much of it is social justice based and can weigh heavy on the emotions. I enjoyed every container I wandered into and wish I could have spent another day exploring. The view is also spectacular and there is a suggested donation--so it is something that anyone can and should see. read more

Photoville this year was spectacular. Or just really, really great. I haven't been to the 6 or so past ones, but wow, what an awesome idea and showcase of stills of the world. Located steps from Jane's Carousel, PV is located directly under the Brooklyn Bridge. It's amazing just to look up. Brought 2 friends with me who are photo aficionados. I lost them eventually in the sauce and I knew why. And it had nothing to do with the layout, which mimicked a jazzed simple shipping yard, but because the exhibits were powerful. Thought provoking, creative, current, clear. I got lost in the haystack a couple of times. Enthralled mainly by the Rethinking Gender, Charlottesville, and the Extra/Ordinary grocery store. The Hip Hop exhibit was my favorite. An absolute treat. I think that there are 40 or more containers of powerful work. Students from Parsons, SVA, and NYU lending their talents. PV ends on Sunday, 9/24. Do what you have to do to get there. Oh, and if it rains, at least you'll be under the bridge. Flick! read more

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Nice views. Nice outdoor event space. The event itself was unique. The food offerings were all good but limited. The Wine & Beer was NOT good at all. Their beer and wine was flat and overpriced. Overall the event was interesting and could use some more entertainment and better food and drink offerings. read more

I braved Photoville during the heatwave... They improvised well, with lots of tents providing shade, a hydration station selling cold water, and a misting tent. Photoville is a cool concept for an exhibition space. It's basically a bunch of trucks parked by Brooklyn Bridge Park. Each truck has a different exhibit - photos, video installations, and more interactive stuff. There were also food trucks selling Korean tacos, artisan empanadas, and ice cream, as well as a beer garden. Lomography is well-represented, with an exhibit and a mini-shop, and they led several free workshops. Other tents included an association for non-traditional photography, a book store, and a greenhouse with tiny cameras that look like flowers from afar. The vibe was laid-back and fun. They were spinning motown hits all day long and there were a lot of families there (although, be mindful that some of the exhibits are not appropriate for little ones). Photoville is at Pier 3, a nice walk from Brooklyn Bridge Park and also close to the East River Ferry stop. read more

pop up gallery meets natural beauty of the NYC vistas. varied styles and exhibits, mostly housed in these shipping containers or various light installments draping over stark space surrounded by the casual coolness of the adjoining beer garden and the occasional overflow of a food truck line. really captures city life to me, especially since it's close to the soccer fields and other recreational areas where people are just out and about and living. haha nice respite from the dirty dusty overcrowded streets. $3 suggested donation. read more