June 13, 2013
Local photographers are given the spotlight at the fourth annual Contemporary Photography Competition and Exhibition at the Philadelphia Photo Art Center. Through August 24, work from contemporary photographers who submitted their best photos for the chance to be featured in the exhibit, will be on display. A variety of photographs will fill space at the [...]
Read more»December 31, 2012
2012 is just about over, and with 2013 just hours away, it’s a great time to take a look back at the highs of the year. Of which there were plenty. If you read Uwishunu regularly, or even if it’s your first time on the site, you know how much we love vibrant photos of [...]
Read more»December 12, 2012
If you feel like the only person in the city to miss out on the Philly Photo Day exhibition opening, then leave no regrets for the New Year with the Philly Photo Day Billboard Trolley Tour on Thursday, December 20. It’s one tour of the city that won’t take you back in time via horse-drawn [...]
Read more»November 8, 2012
In honor of the upcoming foodie holiday of the year — Thanksgiving — Reading Terminal Market is running a fun photo contest encouraging people to share, visually, what the market means to them. Whether it’s an old snapshot from a family trip, an Instagram from last week’s work lunch or an iPhone pic of your [...]
Read more»October 24, 2012
Charge your iPhone and check your camera battery. Philly Photo Day 2012 is this Friday, October 26. Everyone in Philadelphia that day is invited to take a picture of anything at all anywhere in the city, with a camera, a phone or even a computer, and submit it electronically to the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center [...]
Read more»October 10, 2012
Say “cheese” Philadelphia! The Philadelphia Photo Arts Center (PPAC) turns three this year, and is celebrating with the biggest yet Philly Photo Day, Friday, October 26. On that day, everyone in Philadelphia, whether you’re visiting for the day or live here, is invited to take a picture of anything anywhere in the city, with a camera, [...]
Read more»October 9, 2012
Calderwood Gallery is a Center City art icon known for its drop-dead beautiful furniture form the French decorative arts period, 1910-1950. But they’re kicking up the pop culture with an exhibition and sale of more than 100 original vintage photographs of the greatest rock and roll band ever. On October 14, through December 1, the [...]
Read more»October 4, 2012
The Sartorialist is coming to Philadelphia! On Saturday, October 13, from 5-7 p.m., the reigning king of street style photography will make his first-ever patronage to Philadelphia for a public book signing of his critically acclaimed book The Sartorialist: Closer. Following book signings in Paris and New York, Scott Schuman will appear at the Barnes [...]
Read more»June 25, 2012
Photographer and Philadelphia native Mary Ellen Mark goes to prom — and lets us relive some of our most treasured adolescent memories — at the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s latest exhibition, Prom: Photographs By Mary Ellen Kelly. Featuring 60 black and white photographs of teenagers in their festive dress at their most anticipated event of [...]
Read more»March 28, 2012
This Saturday, the Penn Museum opens “Run! The Super-Athletes of the Sierra Madre”, an exhibition putting the spotlight on the Tarahumara people of Chihuahua, Mexico. The natives, called “Rarámuri” (meaning “foot-runner”), are considered the world’s greatest long-distance runners. Living within the canyons of Chihuahua, Mexico, by foot is not simply a way to travel, but [...]
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