Instagram becomes art at the Bronx Documentary Center
A tortoise crawling through the street as curious onlookers walk by. A BMXer flying through the air. Little girls hula-hooping. Kids cooling off at a hydrant on a local street…
Modern history classic, South Bronx Rising, gets an update
In 1981, a New York Times article brought Jill Jonnes, a Columbia Journalism student, to the Bronx. Decades later, she’s one of the borough’s most credible historians– and she’s still…
Bronx Documentary Center highlights work of Congolese journalists
The Bronx Documentary Center’s latest exhibition, Congo in Conversation, displays the environmental, economic and social problems that afflict the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) while highlighting the work of…
Photos of perseverance, spirituality, and baseball on display across Melrose
Latin American Foto Festival features works in outdoor locations, from many countries. Images of Dominican baseball players, El Salvadoran traditionalists, and Chilean expats in Brazil are visible on the streets…
Capitol riot photographers meet in Melrose
Pictures have the power to convey truths — sometimes ugly ones — that cut through lies told by people in positions of authority. But in the so-called “post-truth” era, when…
Want to make a movie? Bronx Film 48 expands to address the void
Gregory Hernandez believes there are three key components to becoming a filmmaker: You watch films, you meet filmmakers and you make a film yourself. But if you’re in a borough…
Bronx Documentary Center helps collect memorabilia for gun violence memorial in D.C.
On a brisk November day, Marisol deLeon stepped out of her home and made her way to the Bronx Documentary Center. The 50-year-old South Bronx resident had a dove-shaped ornament,…
What can photography do? New Bronx Documentary Center exhibit addresses the question
The US withdrawal from Afghanistan and subsequent Taliban takeover has many reflecting on America’s 20-year war. However, a new photo exhibit at the Bronx Documentary Center suggests the fallout is…