This free, family-friendly festival brings New Yorkers face-to-face with an abundance of local and international stories captured on camera. Photoville exhibit in Brooklyn Bridge Park with their classic shipping containers runs from June 1 to June 16 daily from 12 to 6 or 8 pm (closed Mondays). The Opening Weekend community celebration on June 1 and 2 will take place at Emily Warren Roebling Plaza at Pier 1 and the Empire Fulton Ferry Lawn, where they will have in-person activities, evening programming, and lots of photo exhibitions. In total, there will be over 50 exhibitions all over Brooklyn Bridge Park, 18 of them in shipping containers and the rest of them open air installations.
Kid-friendly Photoville exhibits
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Highlights for families on Saturday, June 1
- Have your portrait taken at Penumbra Foundation’s Tintype Portrait booth from 12 to 7 pm. More information here.
- Wet Nose Pawject’s Paw-Pup Pawtrait Studio from 12.30 to 3.30 pm. More information here.
- Zine-making at the ICP tent from 1 to 4 pm. More information here.
- Create cyanotypes on fabric and paper to capture the souls of medicinal herbs from 4 to 6 pm. More information here.