Photo Recap: DISCONNECT Group Show

SeeC Show Organizers (Left to right): Sina Basila, Fiona Veronique, Megan Mack, Birgit Buchart, Lanna Apisukh.

Wow, what an incredible turnout we had for our first group gallery exhibition with Seeing Collective! It was a high-energy evening filled with amazing photography by 30 artists that flowed harmoniously with the show’s theme: Disconnect.

Along with curation support from our esteemed jury of photo professionals, editors and the Lomography team, SeeC and BKC were able to create a visual narrative that gave viewers a sense of unplugging from our hyper-connected digital world. The show featured work from all ends of the photographic spectrum – from iPhone photo collages to silver gelatin prints and self-portraits, resulting in an alluring visual extravaganza.

Big thank you to the show’s key organizers: Megan Mack, Lanna Apisukh, Birgit Buchart, Fiona Veronique and Sina Basila. DISCONNECT would not be possible without all of your hard work and dedication, so round of applause to you all!

Also, a shout-out to our in-kind sponsors: Lomography – for awarding artist Kenny Wu with a Lomo camera for Best Analog Photo and Juneshine and Ilegal Mezcal for providing some delicious adult beverages to our artists and supporters. We love you all!
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DISCONNECT will be on view at Contact Gallery through Oct 7th so stop on by, support the artists and buy something beautiful for your walls at home.
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Event photos courtesy of Sina Basila and Lanna Apisukh.

A packed house for Disconnect group photo show at Contact Gallery.

BKC Crew: Founder Justin Lin + Leila (she loves art) and Lanna Apisukh. Photo by Sina Basila.

DISCONNECT Group Photo Show – Oct 3!

We are pleased to announce that 30 photographers have been selected to exhibit their work in the DISCONNECT group photo show presented by our awesome partner SEEING COLLECTIVE!
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Please join us for the Opening Reception on Thursday, October 3rd 2019 (6PM-9PM) at CONTACT Gallery located at 302 Morgan Ave #B2 in Bushwick, Brooklyn.

Tell your friends/fam/art enthusiasts as this is going to be one amazing show! ⁠🖼 ⁠

We also want to take a moment to thank the artists that submitted to the show. We are inspired by the thoughtful submissions we received from you all and so grateful to have your support. Please keep making great work! ⁠
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Also a big shout out to our wonderful Guest Curators:

Kara Milstein – Associate Photo Editor at Time Magazine
James Reddington – Educator and Photographer at Buzzfeed
Eric Ogden – Photographer
Plus our friends at LOMOGRAPHY

& high-fives to Brent Chesanek for making this sweet retro poster, we love it! ++

Photo Café Recap: Education & Educators

Our second season of Photo Café kicked off last Friday on the topic of Education and Educators: the value and important role of teachers, mentors and academic resources. It was a wonderful and insightful conversation with view points exchanged from both the formal and informal sides of the learning spectrum.

Our guest speakers included: Russell Frederick, Visual Activist and VP of Kamoinge (an African American photo collective founded in the 1960s to bring more visibility and opportunity to black photographers), Iliana Cepero – a Visual Studies professor at The New School who specializes in Latin American history and Marko Jokic, Photographer and Co-Founder of Back to the Lab a space created to cultivate photography through education and workshops. And of course it only made sense to have this informative talk on education moderated by our very own Justin Lin, BKC founder and educator.

This topic is very near and dear to our hearts and we are so grateful to have had these speakers in the house share their personal experience and views with us.

Thank you to our speakers, the Seeing Collective for organizing the event and to those who came out to join the conversation. We hope to see you again next month for our next Photo Café conversation on Documenting a Neighborhood.

Below a few photos from the event shared by Lanna Apisukh and Megan Mack. And thanks for the group shot, Matt Biehl!

Russell Frederick speaking on the value and role of mentorships.

Video: Lanna Apisukh Speaks with Lomography about Film

Image-makers! Check out this fun and insightful interview produced by our friends at Lomography starring our very own BKC member / photographer, Lanna Apisukh.

Filmed at a skate park in Brooklyn, Lanna captures one of her favorite subjects – skateboarders like Atticus Stannard and dives into her experience shooting with film and why she’s drawn to the analog medium. She also shares her thoughts on Lomography’s new Lomochrome Metropolis film which just got funded on Kickstarter and will release early next year 🎞 Congrats Lomo team!

We’re excited about this resurgence of analog so stay tuned to BKC as we plan to offer a very special analog course with Lomography coming soon…

Film photographs in the video were captured on Lomography Color Negative 120mm film (400) and produces some awesome results!

Event Recap: BKC x The 9 Studios Summer Hang

We had a blast hanging out at The 9 Studios last weekend! It was a great opportunity for our students to connect with working photographers and a professional studio environment.  Some pics below!

We’ll be hosting our first lighting class in their amazing space which boasts a 40-foot cyc wall coming September. Learn more about this 6-week Essential Lighting & Studio course and get ready to sharpen up them lighting chops!

Justin + Leila with Charlie & Matt, owners of The Nine Studios.

The 9 Studios x BKC = Get Together

Saturday, July 13th 
6:00pm – 9:00pm 
The 9 Studios @ 317 Stagg Street (Brooklyn) 

Photo Fam! 

Mark your calendars, because we’re kicking off the summer with a super awesome get together at The 9 Studios, a full-service commercial photography studio with locations in Soho, Manhattan and Williamsburg. We’re very excited to be teaming up with The Nine to connect our students and image-making community with a professional photography environment, providing opportunities to foster career growth and a supportive network. Stay tuned for an announcement on special member benefits which you will hear about very soon… 

In the meantime, SAVE THE DATE (July 13th) and come hang with us and the fine folks at The Nine in their Brooklyn location which boasts a 40-foot Cyc wall! 

Snacks, drinks, good company and photo fun to be expected 📸