Transforming Perspectives Gallery gives photographers the chance to get their work in front of more people, to gain recognition from around the world, and to contribute their photographic voice as a means of communicating the importance of true family stories.
TRANSFORMING PERSPECTIVES
DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY GALLERY
UPCOMING VIRTUAL EXHIBITION
Transforming Perspectives
5th - 30th April 2021
VIRTUAL OPENING RECEPTION
5 April 2021
10am Los Angeles / 1pm New York / 7pm Berlin
50 images . 44 photographers . 11 countries
The Transforming Perspectives Virtual Exhibit will take place here on the DFP Gallery website, beginning with an opening reception on April 5, 2021.
The opening recpetion will include artist talks, the juror's choice & best in show awards announcement, as well as the first looks at the gallery imagery.
The exhibit is made up of true & diverse family stories. through imagery aimed to transform the perspective of the viewers, the photographs represent an open-minded definition of what family is and what family life is truly like.EXHIBITING PHOTOGRAPHERS
Agueda Sanfiz. Ben Heasman. Bennie Weeks. Cheryl Autry. Diana Hagues. Elisse Carma Weinert.
Emma Collins. Fernanda Luz. Flávia Martins. Fleur Louise. Frieder Kremer. Gretchen Yost.
Iko-Ojo Mercy Haruna. Jenna Hobbs. Jess Cheetham. Jessica Hubbard. Joosje Janssen. Jordan Lyall.
Justin McGregor. Karyn Novakowski. Kelly Schmidt. Kristin Watkins. Lisa Hu Chen. Maggie Devereux. Manu Rigoni. Mark Looney. Melissa Helmick. Melissa McClure. Michelle Macirella. Mikaela Martin.
Mila Kichalowski. Minna Ridderstolpe. Monique Olive. Pamela Anticole. Polina Subbotina.
Rihaam Tarhini. Sabine Doppelhofer. Sara Paolucci. Simona Dietiker. Sonja Stich. Stephana Ferrell.
Svatka Schneider. Sven Berger. Tiffany Luong.
April 2021 Theme:
Transforming Perspectives
For DFP’s Transforming Perspectives Gallery, the first exhibition theme will be of the same name, Transforming Perspectives.
The juror of the April 2021 Exhibit, Transforming Perspectives, is seeking imagery by photographers who are striving to portray true family stories & experiences, and who are pushing the definitions of family photography. Through the imagery of documentary photography, we have the opportunity to create an impact on the world and how it views family life.
The theme is broadly construed which allows photographers to interpret the theme as they see fit, and allowing them to decide what it means to transform perspectives through documentary family photography. It can be the messiness of everyday family life, the silliness, the simplicity vs chaos, the blending of families, the connections shared, the tears shed, the bringing of new life into the world, and so much more.
transforming perspectives through storytelling imagery
— “These are the kind of things we need for the tired spaces of our world. This is the way we need to move forward in a world that is so interested in being comforted by the damp blanket of bad stories. We need stories of belonging that move us towards each other, not from each other; ways of being human that open up the possibilities of being alive together; ways of navigating our differences that deepen our curiosity, that deepen our friendship, that deepen our capacity to disagree, that deepen the argument of being alive. This is what we need. This is what will save us. This is the work of peace. This is the work of imagination.” — Pádraig Ó Tuama