Newburgh Community Photo Project

In the next two weeks, NCPP will introduce each of the 2021 Truth Be Told fellows and feature some of their work. We begin with Therese Fischer, who has been with NCPP since 2018. Therese Fischer (@theresefischer_) was born and raised in Newburgh, NY. She studied Digital Media Production at SUNY New Paltz and is currently studying Communications with a concentration in social influence at Cornell University. She participated in NCPP’s 2018 Everyday Newburgh workshop, was a TA for the 2019 NCPP workshops, and was commissioned to photograph NCPP’s Barbershop Project. Therese was selected as one of the photographers for NCPP’s 2020 Unmasking the Truth: A Public Art Action. In addition, she has collaborated with the Newburgh Clean Water Project to create a documentary about the PFOS water contamination in Newburgh.

Newburgh Community Photo Project is pleased to announce the 2021Truth Be Told: Uncovering Newburgh’s Muted Legacy Fellowship Awards.Over the course of three years, the NCPP collective will research, investigate, and photograph the history and aftermath of slavery and the legacy of African Americans in the City of Newburgh. Combining portraits, landscapes, interiors, still lives, historical/vernacular photographs, and personal mementoes of family histories, this project is i...ntended to reconsider the narrative of Newburgh’s history. Working with a group of 8 fellows, NCPP will train and mentor young journalists/photographers to engage the local community in addressing sensitive issues of systemic racism that is representative of many American cities.This year, the project will span ten weeks beginning Tuesday, June 1, 2021 and end on Saturday, August 14, 2021. For more information, see link in bio. We wish to congratulate our 2021 NCPP fellows: Steven Baltsas, Alex Bennett, Therese Fischer, Symone Knox, Will Landis-Croft, Salief Lewis, Roger Richardson, and Charles Williams. Our jurors this year were Francois Deschamps, Russell Frederick, Sabine Meyer, and Vincent Cianni. #truthbetold #newburghcommunityphotoproject #photography #socialjustice #streetphotography #history #slavery #1619 #documentaryphotography #ncppfotos #photo #documentary #newburghny #newburgh #845 #hudsonvalley #nbny #socialactivism #advocacy #activism #leonianfoundation #theaftermathproject #proofmediaforsocialjustice

NCPP welcomes our next fellow, Charles Williams. Charles (@gottablastcharles) hails from Monclair, NJ and is a recent graduate of Parsons School of Design Photography program in NYC. His experience in social justice started in high school at 15 years old tutoring homeless POC children and making work about the Newark Riots of 1967. He photographed the BLM protests of 2020, and is currently photographing his mixed-race family focusing on his grandmother’s identity in domestic ...and quotidian situations. He documents people’s lives in hopes of sharing their stories and giving voice to under-represented communities. For more photographs and information on Charles' project, "Ain't Suga Cute'" shown in this carousel, please go to https://www.charlessswilliams.com/ NCPP is funded in part by #LeonianFoundation #truthbetold #newburghcommunityphotoproject #photography #socialjustice #streetphotography #history #slavery #1619 #documentaryphotography #ncppfotos #photo #documentary #newburghny #newburgh #845 #hudsonvalley #nbny #socialactivism #advocacy #activism #leonianfoundation #theaftermathproject #proofmediaforsocialjustice

NCPP’s fellows review technical skills and camera functions. NCPP is funded in part by #LeonianFoundation, #theaftermathproject, #GoldschmidtFoundation, and @MaryCianni. #truthbetold #newburghcommunityphotoproject #photography #socialjustice #streetphotography #history #slavery #1619 #documentaryphotography #ncppfotos #photo #documentary #newburghny #newburgh #845 #hudsonvalley #nbny #socialactivism #advocacy #activism #leonianfoundation #theaftermathproject #proofmediaforsocialjustice

For more information and to apply, please go to: https://docs.google.com//16u6OB60-fkScl94EbttrRovJidO/edit

Is pleased to welcome our next fellow, Will Landis-Croft (@willspooky). Will began photographing protests as a teenager in his home town of Portland, Oregon, documenting demonstrations for the abolition of ICE, climate change legislation, gun control, Black Lives Matter, and Indigenous solidarity. In the summer of 2020, he photographed the brutal use of tear gas during the BLM protests for Black liberation and police abolition in Portland. "In my work with photography, I aim ...to explore the ways that images can express resistance to racist, colonial, and capitalist systems." He currently studies photography and journalism at the New School in New York City. In his newsletter, Documenting Collapse (https://documentingcollapse.substack.com/), Will investigates photographic projects that document issues threatening our planet and communities, offer resistance to unjust authority, and envision a world in which our planet could thrive. NCPP is funded in part by #LeonianFoundation #truthbetold #newburghcommunityphotoproject #photography #socialjustice #streetphotography #history #slavery #1619 #documentaryphotography #ncppfotos #photo #documentary #newburghny #newburgh #845 #hudsonvalley #nbny #socialactivism #advocacy #activism #leonianfoundation #theaftermathproject #proofmediaforsocialjustice

Proud to announce that we have once again received a grant from #leonianfoundation once again to help support NCPP’s 2021 Truth be Told project. The grant will be used as stipends for fellowships for young, creatives, Photographers, researchers, and writers. To apply, go to: https://docs.google.com//16u6OB60-fkScl94EbttrRovJidO/edit

NCPP’s fellows explore an area affected by urban renewal. Over the next few months, we will continue to investigate infrastructure failure in the City of Newburgh. NCPP is funded in part by #LeonianFoundation, #theaftermathproject, #GoldschmidtFoundation, and @MaryCianni. #truthbetold #newburghcommunityphotoproject #photography #socialjustice #streetphotography #history #slavery #1619 #documentaryphotography #ncppfotos #photo #documentary #newburghny #newburgh #845 #hudsonvalley #nbny #socialactivism #advocacy #activism #leonianfoundation #theaftermathproject #proofmediaforsocialjustice

NCPP welcomes our next new fellow, Salief Lewis (@salieflewis), a product designer and photographer from Harlem. He received his Bachelor of Science from Cornell University and currently works as a creative consultant to software engineering startups focusing on the issues of wage equality and economic opportunity. Salief recently moved to Newburgh after developing a proposal for @NewburghCommunityLandBank that called for the adaptive reuse of a property based on socially con...scious urban agriculture. Excerpts from the project can be found here: https://drive.google.com//1J2vvOuAengRvRxwKj2-SrJb33m/view. His personal work revolves largely around themes related to consumerism, racial justice, and educational opportunity and he uses photography as a bridge to develop a relationship with the spaces and people that constitute it. NCPP is funded in part by #LeonianFoundation #truthbetold #newburghcommunityphotoproject #photography #socialjustice #streetphotography #history #slavery #1619 #documentaryphotography #ncppfotos #photo #documentary #newburghny #newburgh #845 #hudsonvalley #nbny #socialactivism #advocacy #activism #leonianfoundation #theaftermathproject #proofmediaforsocialjustice

NCPP would like to welcome our next fellow, Symone Knox (@symoneknox.) Symone is a resident of Hurley, NY, and a recent graduate of SUNY New Paltz where she studied documentary photography and the history of iconography relating to the Black body. Her documentary work focuses on themes of Blackness and is grounded in her understanding of history and her position as both an African American woman and a photographer. She has worked on photographic projects investigating social justice issues such as the prison industrial complex, the racial wealth gap, and representation in imagery.

NCPP’s fellows are working collaboratively to plan this year’s project, "Truth Be Told: Uncovering Newburgh's Muted Legacy and rework the studio space. NCPP is funded in part by #LeonianFoundation, #theaftermathproject, #GoldschmidtFoundation, and @MaryCianni. #truthbetold #newburghcommunityphotoproject #photography #socialjustice #streetphotography #history #slavery #1619 #documentaryphotography #ncppfotos #photo #documentary #newburghny #newburgh #845 #hudsonvalley #nbny #socialactivism #advocacy #activism #leonianfoundation #theaftermathproject #proofmediaforsocialjustice

Steven Baltsas (@stevebaltsas) is an independent researcher currently studying History and English at SUNY New Paltz. He was raised in Newburgh and serves on the board of the Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands managing archival and museum collections. He has collaborated with municipal historians to research Black domestic workers in Newburgh Bay using census records, memoirs, and diaries. For the next two years, Steven will work under the Museum Association of New York to create interactive virtual programs that explore racial diversity in Newburgh’s history. He currently lives in New Windsor, NY. For more information about the historical significance of the photographs in this carousel, please see @stevebaltsas Instagram feed

Last week, NCPP’s fellows completed their first week of "Truth Be Told: Uncovering Newburgh's Muted Legacy. City Councilman Anthony Grice and City Historian Mary McTamaney spoke with us, and then we walked the Frederick Douglass tour. We then attended Gabrielle Hill’s community barbeque where we met Peter (on right) and Natty (on left), the chef/owner of Firebox West Indian Restaurant. We also got the opportunity to speak with Newburgh City Councilman Omari Shakur. Over the ...course of the next 11 weeks, NCPP will continue to engage with community members and historical sites to further investigate the roots of systemic racism in our city. NCPP is funded in part by #LeonianFoundation, #theaftermathproject, #GoldschmidtFoundation, and @MaryCianni. #truthbetold #newburghcommunityphotoproject #photography #socialjustice #streetphotography #history #slavery #1619 #documentaryphotography #ncppfotos #photo #documentary #newburghny #newburgh #845 #hudsonvalley #nbny #socialactivism #advocacy #activism #leonianfoundation #theaftermathproject #proofmediaforsocialjustice

NCPP is proud to announce that we have received support from The Aftermath Project for our 2021 project "Truth Be Told: Uncovering Newburgh's Muted Legacy." Over the next three years, NCPP will train and mentor young journalists/photographers to engage the local community in addressing sensitive issues of systemic racism that are representative of many American cities. This year’s 11-week project will be driven by our 8 fellows: @stevebaltsas, @abennettphotograph, @theresefi...scher_, @symoneknox, @willspooky, @salieflewis, @roger__richardson, and @gottablastcharles. #truthbetold #newburghcommunityphotoproject #photography #socialjustice #streetphotography #history #slavery #1619 #documentaryphotography #ncppfotos #photo #documentary #newburghny #newburgh #845 #hudsonvalley #nbny #socialactivism #advocacy #activism #leonianfoundation #theaftermathproject #proofmediaforsocialjustice

I will planned NCPP barbecue turned into an into feast welcoming some of this year’s fellows (@gottablastcharles, @willspooky, @theresefischer_) and mentors (@sabineannemeyer and @francoisdeschamps) and saying adieu to @chrisbootinsta and Tony who travel back to London to begin new ventures. A time to connect and welcome new friends too.

Alex Bennett (@abennetphotograph) is originally from Portland, OR, where he was raised by a group of strong, socially engaged women. He is currently completing his photography studies at SUNY New Paltz and is a committed social justice advocate. His work utilizes still and video images and other mediums as a tool to investigate stories on current socio-political conflicts, such as protests both in New York and Washington D.C., and voting rights in the U.S (last three photos ...in this carousel.) Alex has also completed an in-depth photo essay on his mother being forced to sell her home due to Covid-19. To see more of Alex's work, check out his Instagram and web site: abennettphotograph.com NCPP is funded in part by #LeonianFoundation #truthbetold #newburghcommunityphotoproject #photography #socialjustice #streetphotography #history #slavery #1619 #documentaryphotography #ncppfotos #photo #documentary #newburghny #newburgh #845 #hudsonvalley #nbny #socialactivism #advocacy #activism #leonianfoundation #theaftermathproject #proofmediaforsocialjustice

My second story in a series about the dedication and hard work fueling notable Youth Photography programs was just published on the B&H Explora blog. To learn m...ore, check out my Q&A with Vincent Cianni, founder of the Newburgh Community Photo Project. #youthphotography, #youthphotoprograms, #photography, #socialjustice, #NCPP, #newburghny, #vincentcianni, #UNMASKINGTHETRUTH, #proofmediaforsocialjustice, #bhphoto, #bhexplorablog See more

Two important deadlines from En Foco: EN FOCO MEDIA ARTS WORK IN PROGRESS FUND DEADLINE: JANUARY 11, 2021... EN FOCO PHOTOGRAPHY FELLOWSHIP 2021 DEADLINE: DECEMBER 19, 2020

The OG Italian and Hispanic bakeries dotting Broadway remain true to their recipes. Creative arts and non-profit groups like Newburgh Community Photo Project and Greater Newburgh Parks Conservancy art thriving. And it’s all happening an hour north of Manhattan.

This is one of many public art pieces to see and experience in the City of Newburgh, NY. Come visit. Come collaborate. The Boys & Girls Club of Newburgh (BGCN), continues to be an essential piece of the fabric of our community. Most recently, in a ground-breaking collaboration with the City of Newburgh, BGCN hired sixty City of Newburgh youth to explore social and cultural values in their community through the creation of a thought-provoking mural series and banner installat...ion. Audrey Carey Park, named for Newburgh and New York State's first, black female mayor, provided the canvas for this effort to engage youth in a meaningful community improvement project. The Boys and Girls Club of Newburgh is a living legacy of four generations of black leadership. Its commitment to social justice and the young people of our community is essential, now more than ever. A Noisemaker Media Production #SUMMERYOUTHEMPLOYMENT #creativeyouthdevelopment #CreativeCareers #community #communitydevelopment #communityengagement #creativeplacemaking #publicart #publicparks #audreycarey #murals #tacticalurbanism #blacklivesmatter #bipocyouthmatter #newburghny #cityofnewburgh #newburghisthemovement