“SMILE! A Photo Anthology by VII” Exhibition
Brookfield Place (Courtyard Gallery and Winter Garden )
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Smile! This is one of life’s most basic and simple reactions and a cliché of photography. Yet in photojournalism, it’s almost a taboo emotion to show. Featuring 84 photographs by the award-winning photojournalists of the VII photography collective, this exhibition reveals the astonishing range of human behavior by looking at how smiles manifest in our world: from the most depressing, violent and poverty-stricken conditions to the warmth and security of home. Drawn from work produced over a 30 year span, from more than 30 countries, these images represent not only the complexities of a seemingly simple emotion but also the ambiguous nature of photography itself.
Arts Brookfield invites you to join this exhibition by submitting photos of yourself or others smiling. Images will be shown online and on-site via a photo slideshow. VII photographers Ron Haviv and Ed Kashi will choose their favorite to receive a signed copy of Questions Without Answers: The World in Pictures by the Photographers of VII. The chosen image will be announced on ArtsBrookfield.com and social media by May 5, 2014.
HOW TO SUBMIT:
1. Follow @ArtsBrookfield on Instagram and Twitter
2. Submit your smile photo via Instagram and/or
Twitter using hashtag #ShareMySmile (Make sure your profile is public)
3. Answer in a few words: “What makes you Smile?”
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Schedule
from April 04, 2014 to May 01, 2014
8am - 6pm
Artist(s)
Lynsey Addario, Marcus Bleasdale, The Estate of Alexandra Boulat, Stefano De Luigi, Jessica Dimmock, Ashley Gilbertson, Ron Haviv, Jocelyn Bain Hogg, Ed Kashi, Gary Knight, Antonin Kratochvil, Joachim Ladefoged, Davide Monteleone, Christopher Morris, Franco Pagetti, Stephanie Sinclair, John Stanmeyer, Anastasia Taylor-Lind, Tomas van Houtryve, Donald Weber, Sim Chi Yin