Capture Your Community’s Legacy
Multi-Stop Photo Tour
SEPTEMBER 7, 2024
We organized a guided photo tour of key historical and cultural sites in Bergen-Lafayette and Greenville of Jersey City, NJ. Each stop had expert-led photography workshops to highlight and celebrate its cultural and historical significance.
The tour was accessible to all and included transportation. Wheelchair accommodation and ASL services were available upon request.
get your work published
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Enter the creator’s challenge for this event!
Submit your 5 best photos from any other stops by 10/31 to win a $200 Unique Photo Gift Card. Photographs and stories from participants will be compiled into a publication to be distributed throughout the community and preserved in the public library. Review our full participant agreement.
WORKSHOPS
We partnered with Unique Photo to make individual workshop tickets available.
COMmunity STORYTELLING WORKSHOP
SEPTEMBER 7, 11:00AM - 12:15 PM
Craft a story with words and photography. Learn about documenting the challenges and triumphs of your neighborhood. Lawyer, activist, historian, and director of the African American Historical Museum, Neal Brunson, will lead the Community Storytelling and Documentary Photography Workshop.
PORTRAITURE WORKSHOP
w/ NANLITE™
SEPTEMBER 7, 1:00PM - 2:30PM
Renowned photographers Duquann Sweeny, Ricky Shoebio, and Janine Thatcher will guide you through the Portraiture Using Natural Light Workshop. Capture the beauty of our community members. Our people as seen through our own eyes.
GUIDED ARCHITECTURAL WALK
SEPTEMBER 7, 3:00PM - 4:30PM
Preserve the vibrancy and texture of our neighborhoods. Learn our history through architectural details. Christopher Perez, community leader and expert in historic preservation within the city will lead you through a guided walking photography tour.
Support the Movement.
Preserve Our Stories.
Our mission is simple: Empowering communities to preserve their stories, beauty, and resilience as Jersey city evolves through dynamic photo workshops.
Area of Refuge is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation that provides safe spaces for community creativity. This project is supported by funds from Jersey City’s Arts and Culture Fund.
