Whose Streets? Our Streets!: New York City, 1980-2000
Gallery Q
100 College Ave., #100
Oct 5, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

“Whose Streets? Our Streets!”: New York City, 1980-2000 is a multimedia exhibition featuring the work of 37 independent photographers who documented protests, demonstrations, and conflicts on the streets of New York City from 1980-2000. The exhibition explores the role of social movements and social documentary photography in furthering democracy, and focuses on key social justice issues that remain pressing today including race relations and police brutality; housing and gentrification; war and the environment; labor and education; HIV/AIDS and LGBTQ rights; arts and censorship; and reproductive rights and feminism. The exhibition is co-curated by RIT faculty Tamar Carroll (History) and Josh Meltzer (Photojournalism) and first opened at the Bronx Documentary Center in New York City in January 2017, receiving very positive reviews. An expanded version of the exhibition will be on view at RIT and Gallery Q in October 2018.