Seventeen talented photographers from New York Film Academy (NYFA) will be showcasing their work at this year’s Photoville, the annual photo festival held at Brooklyn Bridge Park. The fest will take place from September 12 – 22, 2019.

Photoville, produced by United Photo Industries, is currently in its eighth year, The free festival is built from over 65 re-repurposed shipping containers to create physical platforms from photographers of all kinds, providing them a unique opportunity to engage with a diverse audience in view of the city skyline and Brooklyn Bridge.

Photography students studying at the Photo Arts Conservatory at New York Film Academy (PAC at NYFA) are immersed in the industry, and are encouraged to participate in the larger world of photography by attending showcases like Photoville. This year continues a tradition of PAC at NYFA has exhibiting work at the annual Brooklyn event.

The NYFA exhibit at Photoville is curated by David Mager and Joan Pamboukes, and features works from NYFA students, alumni, and faculty. On Saturday, Photoville is conducting a guided tour and visiting the NYFA container.

NYFA’s container exhibit this year will be made up of art from FAYN, NYFA’s collaborative photography magazine. FAYN, produced by PAC at NYFA, is published three times per year, and features students, faculty, and alumni whose work explores contemporary concepts in art and culture.

“It is incredibly exciting that NYFA will be represented again for the fourth year in a row at Photoville NYC,” says David Mager, NYFA Chair of Photography. “This year’s show pulls work from an amazingly diverse group of artists–spanning ideas of race, deconstruction, collage, fashion, and sexuality.”

Among those featured at this year’s Photoville is NYFA alum EnLin Qing. Having attended NYFA’s Photography and Fashion Photography workshops, Qing is a dancer and psychologist, as well as a photographer. Qing prides himself on his creative process and his ability to draw inspiration from both his environment and through his dance and psychology studies.

Here is the complete list of PAC at NYFA photographers featured at this year’s Photoville festival: Kevin Abangu, Um Kulthoom Alnasri, Angel Chestnut, Juan Sebastián Echeverri, Arthur Hylton, Lotta Lemetti, Jackie Neale, Oluwasegun Oladele-Ajose, EnLin Qing, Mariangela Quiroga-Castillo, Amanda Rowan, Natasha Rudenko, Jennifer Siemsen, Maddie Smith, Katerina Stratos Edolia Stroud, Tanne Willow.

You can check out the photographs being exhibited by PAC at NYFA here, and we encourage everyone to see them in person this September at Photoville!

Australia’s Gold Coast is known for its beautiful natural scenery, so it might not be the first place you’d think of when choosing a location for a creepy horror film, but that outside-the-box thinking is part of what makes New York Film Academy (NYFA) Australia alum Josh Hale such a talented filmmaker.

Hale is directing his second feature film, House of Inequity, in two distinct locations on the Gold Coast—Jacobs Well and Helensvale. The independent film is being financed by an American investor; Hale also received a film grant from the Australian Government. The US-Gold Coast film is being produced by Hale’s company, Halestorm Productions.

Hale attended New York Film Academy Australia in 2014, taking the Advanced Diploma of Screen and Media in Filmmaking program at the Gold Coast campus. Before then, he was shooting skateboard videos, but felt inspired to do more with the medium.

“I tried to make my own film in 2009 and failed miserably,” Hale tells the Gold Coast Bulletin. “I was overly ambitious. I didn’t know anything except I wanted to make a film. I always loved writing so it was a natural progression.”

After graduating, Hale wrote and directed his first feature, a comedy entitled Digital Athletes: The Road to Seat League, which won several awards at multiple festivals, including the NYC Indie Film Awards, Festigious International Film Festival, IndieFEST Film Awards, and Los Angeles Film Awards.

“Josh utilized his hands-on training with NYFA Gold Coast to go make a feature film right out of college,” declared NYFA Gold Coast Director Tasha Cooper after the North American premiere of Digital Athletes. “He’s one of our success stories and we’re very proud of his recent achievements.”

His sophomore effort, House of Inequity, was written in 16 days, and shot over several months across both Gold Coast locations. Filming recently wrapped on the US-Gold Coast co-production, and House of Inequity is expected to premiere later this year. And Hale isn’t slowing down—he is currently producing two other films, including a documentary.

New York Film Academy congratulates NYFA Australia Filmmaking alum Josh Hale on his latest work, House of Inequity, and looks forward to seeing the completed version later this year!

Please note: NYFA does not represent that these are typical or guaranteed career outcomes. The success of our graduates in any chosen professional pathway depends on multiple factors, and the achievements of NYFA alumni are the result of their hard work, perseverance, talent and circumstances.