Police handcuff activist filming them
Ed Garcia Conde found himself in handcuffs shortly after he left the Bronx Documentary Center’s latest show on March 14. His crime? “Creating a dangerous situation,” said police. Videotaping police…
Artists recapture South Bronx history
Three participants in a radical artistic collaboration in the late 1970s were reunited at the Bronx Documentary Center on Feb. 16 to recall a time when a shabby storefront near…
Crowds flock to photos of area’s recent past
Seis del Sur show emphasizes South Bronx’s vibrancy Among the hundreds of people who jammed the Bronx Documentary Center on Jan. 19 for the opening of the exhibit “Seis Del…
Six Bronx photographers get overdue homecoming
Photo exhibit will feature insiders’ view of ’70s and ’80s South Bronx A chance meeting at a photo exhibit at Hunter College’s Center for Puerto Rican Studies in 2010 led…
From the editor: Art for all
Now that the Bloomberg administration has converted New York’s public schools to sweatshops for the manufacture of standardized test scores, students have to look elsewhere to learn about and be…
New documentary center opens in Melrose
Gallery shows work of photographer killed in Libya The inaugural exhibition at the new Bronx Documentary Center on Courtlandt Avenue highlights the final works of a major talent whose life…
Bronx Documentary Center opens
The Bronx Documentary Center, a new space for photography and film on Courtlandt Ave in Mott Haven, is open to the public, with free film screenings. This Thursday, Sept. 1,…
Teen photography workshop teaches perspective
Camera offers students a new way of seeing their neighborhood When Geancarlo Jordan moved to the United States from Ecuador two years ago, his only experience with a camera was…