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16 Jul Views From The Street

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VIEWS FROM THE STREET

CURATED BY SAMANTHA JOHNSTON

Enjoy candid moments from everyday life in Denver and around the world in the Colorado Photographic Arts Center’s new exhibition, Views From the Street. This group show brings 18 artists together in an exciting visual conversation that challenges the boundaries of traditional street photography.

August 16 – October 5, 2024

COLORADO PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS CENTER

1200 LINCOLN STREET, SUITE 111, DENVER, CO 80203

Art exhibit viewing times: Tues. – Fri. (11 am – 5 pm); Sat. (noon – 4 pm)

OPENING RECEPTION & SPECIAL PROGRAMMING

Opening Reception:

Friday, August 16 from 6 – 9 pm at the Colorado Photographic Arts Center. This event is free and open to the public. Local exhibition artists will be in attendance.

Special Programming:

We are excited to host Instagram Live chats with artists from Women Street Photographers and street walking tours led by local photographers as special programming for this exhibition. There is no cost to participate in any of the events.

AUGUST

Instagram Live Conversations at 1 pm (MST) with Samantha Johnston at @cpacphoto:
Thursday, 8/22 – Vanessa Charlot
Wednesday, 8/28 – Gulnara Lyabib Samoilova

SEPTEMBER

Street Walking Tours from 2 to 4pm (meet at CPAC):
Saturday, 9/21 led by Kenneth Wajda and Stephen W. Podrasky
Saturday, 9/28 led by Rudy Ortega and Jeff Tidwell

Registration is required to attend, both tours are full at this time!

FEATURED ARTISTS

Lisandra Alvarez Valdés, Josh Bergeron, Melissa Breyer, Vanessa Charlot, Farnaz Damnabi, Armando Geneyro, Natela Grigalashvili, Hiroko Hirota, Yojimbo Jack, B Jane Levine, Gulnara Lyabib Samoilova, Anthony Maes, Rudy Ortega, Stephen W. Podrasky, Matthew Steaffens, Jeff Tidwell, Regula Tschumi, and Kenneth Wajda.

CURATOR’S STATEMENT

“Views From the Street” presents a curated group exhibition featuring 18 photographers, including nine local artists from Denver and nine international members of the Women Street Photographers group.

Street photography has historically been associated with urban environments like New York City, notably through the work of photographers like Lee Friedlander, Garry Winogrand, Robert Frank, Diane Arbus, and Helen Levitt. Today, the genre remains immensely popular. Advancements in technology, particularly the widespread adoption of smartphones and Internet access, have significantly broadened the definition of “the street.”

From Natela Grigalashvili’s quiet depictions of Georgia’s rural Adjara region to Farnaz Damnabi’s poignant portrayal of Iranian women, the exhibit offers insights into varied cultural landscapes. Similarly, the local contributions from Denver photographers such as Rudy Ortega and Josh Bergeron offer fresh interpretations of familiar urban scenes, infused with elements of playfulness and profound observation. While curating this show, I was interested to see these two perspectives – local and global – together in a visual conversation.

Like most photographic genres, street photography has been traditionally male-dominated. In recognition of the genre’s traditional gender disparity, we collaborated with Women Street Photographers in New York, to highlight the diverse and compelling perspectives of women photographers worldwide.

Each photograph in this exhibition not only captures candid moments of everyday life but also expands the conventional boundaries of street photography, showcasing a heightened spatial awareness and innovative approaches.

As articulated by Ana F. Martín in her essay “In Defense of Street Photography,” these images help to remind us that “we are all human, that under our apparent differences we all like to laugh, talk, enjoy the sun and the rain, and everything else that drives us out in the streets to enjoy this life.”