I didn’t get to New York for the New York Photo Festival , although rather a lot of others seem to have done. Held in Dumbo, Brooklyn and billed by its organisers as “the future of contemporary photography” the event on May 14-18 attracted many visitors, though not all were entirely complimentary about what they found.
You can view some videos about it on PDN Online and read a rather short note in the New York Times. The future would appear to be dominated by curators rather than photographers, with Kathy Ryan of the NY Times, Martin Parr of Magnum, Lesley A Martin of Aperture and Tim Barber of Vice curating the four major shows.
But to get a real feeling of what it was like from someone who was in the thick of it, take a look at photographer Andrew Hetherington’s ‘Whats the Jackanory‘ blog reports from New York, perhaps starting with ‘Lets Get the Party Started‘ on May 9 and then going on to the You know it’s a really good photo festival: 1 and following the ‘newer post’ link at the bottom to read the rest. He was also one of the contributors to Foto8’s coverage of the event, and you can read more there from him and other contributors.
In case anyone is still wondering, Dumbo is “Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass.“