Miami Design District Hosts First MiamiPhotoFest

Photo by Elliott Erwitt Paris, France. 1989.

The nonprofit Florida Photographic Foundation presents its first-ever MiamiPhotoFest Feb. 27 – March 3 at the historic Moore Building in the Miami Design District.

The fest features curated exhibits, workshops, artist talks, lecture panels, portfolio reviews and the 2019 MiamiPhotoFest International Emerging Photography Awards sponsored by Fujifilm., which will award more than $40,000 in prizes.

Exhibits include more than 30 prints from iconic photographer Elliott Erwitt’s “Paris” series; French photographer Antoine d’Agata’s WHITE NOISE, 2006-2016; Mathieu Bitton, who accompanies Lenny Kravitz on his world tours, will exhibit portraits of Kravitz from Bitton’s ASCENSION series; Pulitzer prize-winning Miami Herald photo journalist Carl Juste, among many others.

The 2019 MiamiPhotoFest is free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.miamiphotofest.org.

The MiamiPhotoFest itinerary includes: 

• Antoine d’Agata: “CODEX, America 1986-2017”, which will be Antoine d’Agata’s first solo U.S. exhibit, presentation, and book signing.

• Ralph Gibson: Intimate talk and book signing event.

• Bruce Gilden: Will be exhibiting for the first time his poignant series “Only God Can Judge Me” shot on the streets of Miami and Farm Boys and Farm Girls, a powerful portraiture series on young farm kids.

• Roger Ballen: Brings his Theater of the Absurd exhibition to MiamiPhotoFest.
• Andy Summers: photographer, and former guitarist for The Police, will have Intimate talk, “The Bones of Chuang Tzu” exhibition and book signing event.

• Maggie Steber: Leica Ambassador and National Geographic photographer widely recognized for her coverage of the Katie Stubblefield’s facial transplant, Maggie will exhibit her powerful, imaginative dream sequence, “The Secret Garden of Lily LaPalma”.

• Kerry Payne Stailey: Will exhibit her long-term project “More Beautiful Broken” a series that probes the complicated grief facing those left behind when somebody they love dies by suicide sponsored by Fujifilm.

• Renée Jacobs: “womenSEEwomen” Photos de Femmes organization is dedicated to giving a powerful voice to iconic representations of women and to continually promote positive depictions of women around the world.

• Maria Daniel Balcazar: MiamiPhotoFest is pleased to team up with Burn Books to present Maria Daniel Balcazar’s “Kilombo”, an intimate and powerful documentary project that captures the Afro-Brazilian culture.
• FujiFilm Camera: Fujifilm Loan Program Get a real feel for what Fujifilm is all about, pick one camera body and any two lenses for a trial period of three days.

• Michael Itkoff:  a conversation on publishing, curating, and portfolio editing by co-founder of Daylight books.

• Copyright Alliance: Copyright Alliance: CEO Keith Kupferschmid will host a session called Office Hours, during which event attendees are invited to have their copyright-related questions answered at no cost.
• Nightly Events: Projections and multimedia programs are scheduled for every night of MiamiPhotoFest by the most respected collectives and projects in the world of photography, including Burn Magazine’s Emerging Photographer Fund; Women Photograph; African Artist Foundation; Photo Vogue Italy; World Press Photo 6×6 Talent Program; Aperture Foundation; Paris Photo; Head On Festival.