Past project edition: Real People. Real Lives., 2017-2018
A unique collaboration of New Women New Yorkers with photographer and filmmaker Dru Blumensheid, this edition of the project featured art and fashion photographs of 16 immigrant women, an 18-feet-long mural, and a nearly 2-hour film with additional photographs and the audio interviews of the women. It was shown in 2017 and 2018 as a traveling exhibit at the Starr Bar in Brooklyn, at the Queens Museum in Queens, and at the Rockefeller Foundation and Centre for Social Innovation in Manhattan.
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16 Women Take Back the Immigrant Narrative with Photography, by Carolyn Twersky, The Cut, February 2018.
These stunning photos of migrant women will make you think, Beyond Borders, February 2018.
Women Immigrants of NYC Exhibit Debuts at Queens Museum, by Bailey Hosfelt in Untapped Cities, February 2018.
Women Journey to America, MetroFocus on WLIW21, THIRTEEN, and NJTV1, March 2018.
Immigrant women strike strong poses at museum, by Neil Chiragdin, Queens Chronicle, March 2018.
New York women tell their real immigration stories in a new photo exhibit, by Dana Schulz, 6sqft, March 2018.
Real People. Real Lives., by Christina Roman, Immigrant Report, May 2018.