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Photoville: Opening Weekend Community Celebration

Saturday, May 16, 2026 · 12:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Exhibition on view May 16–30

Emily Warren Roebling Plaza

To celebrate the opening of the festival, Photoville will present a free Community Weekend (May 16 and 17), a visual storytelling event bringing various artists to Brooklyn Bridge Park, featuring 65 exhibitions and free public programming from VSCO, the Penumbra Foundation, Doctors Without Borders, Creatively Wild, and Cynthia Santos Briones. As you take in all the festivities, relax at the Leica Camera Lounge, or grab a bite at Smorgasburg’s pop-up.

Join on opening night, Saturday May 16, for Boroughs In Focus, a special presentation of photos projected on the Brooklyn Bridge featuring photo collections highlighting New York’s five unique boroughs from over 35 photographers.

Learn more & view the schedule for Photoville’s Opening Weekend!

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  • This is a free event
  • Please note this event is subject to change due to weather or other extenuating circumstances
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Questions? Contact us at info@bbp.nyc.

Photoville

© Jessica Bal

© Jessica Bal

© Jessica Bal

© Jessica Bal

A long photo banner pinned to a chainlink fence along a pathway as part of THE FENCE.
THE FENCE in 2016, a part of an annual photography exhibition.

©Jessica Bal

Children walking by a photo banner attached to a chain link fence on a sunny day.
THE FENCE in 2016, a part of an annual photography exhibition.
Family looking at photographs on THE FENCE underneath the Brooklyn Bridge.
THE FENCE in 2016, a part of an annual photography exhibition.
Man walking on the sidewalk looking at photographs on THE FENCE on a sunny day.

©Etienne Frossard

THE FENCE in 2016, a part of an annual photography exhibition.
Aerial view of trailers in the Photoville exhibition in 2016 at night. Seen underneath the Brooklyn Bridge.

©Julienne Schaer

Photoville, 2016
Display holding up photos on a lawn during the Photoville exhibition.

©Alan Winslow

Photoville, 2017
Overhead view of shipping containers displaying photos as a part of the Photoville exhibition.

©Alan Winslow

Photoville, 2017
Group gathering under the Brooklyn Bridge at night during the Photoville exhibition.

©Julienne Schaer

Photoville, 2016
Aerial view of shipping containers that display photos for the Photoville exhibition. Seen on Pier 5 Uplands at night.

©Julienne Schaer

Photoville, 2015
Aerial view of shipping containers that display photos for the Photoville exhibition. Seen on Pier 5 Uplands at night.

©Julienne Schaer

Photoville, 2015
Cube shaped displays with photos on the pathway under the Brooklyn Bridge as a part of the Photoville exhibition.

©Julienne Schaer

Photoville, 2018
People taking photos of photography display wall under the Brooklyn Bridge, part of Photoville exhibition.

©Julienne Schaer

Photoville, 2018

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