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Welcome to the Bronx Documentary Center’s online Press Office. Media professionals can access and download press releases, along with detailed information about our publications, exhibitions, and initiatives.

1000 Dreams

On View: April 3 – May 11, 2025

The BDC is pleased to host the 1000 Dreams project from Witness Change as an exhibition at our Courtlandt Avenue gallery. Witness Change is a nonprofit that shares the stories of marginalized groups; their projects have reached more than 250 million people worldwide, have been on the cover of National Geographic and Time Magazine, and have been exhibited inside the United Nations and the European Union.

Jamel Shabazz
Seconds of My Life:
Photographs from 1975-2025

On View: February 28 – May 3, 2025

The exhibition Seconds of My Life: Photographs from 1975-2025, by Brooklyn-based photographer Jamel Shabazz, offers a comprehensive look at his work, including iconic photo albums, early images of his junior high classmates and photography spanning fashion, street and documentary styles. 

School Shootings
in America
Zackary Canepari | Tamir Kalifa | Callaghan O’Hare

On View: February 7 – March 16, 2025

This exhibition created by the BDC, School Shootings In America is meant to highlight the facts around America’s firearms and profile
some of the thousands of young people and families who have been affected by school shootings since the Columbine
massacre in 1999.

Ken Light: American Stories, 1965-1995

On View: October 10 – November 17, 2024 

This exhibition created by the BDC, School Shootings In America is meant to highlight the facts around America’s firearms and profile
some of the thousands of young people and families who have been affected by school shootings since the Columbine
massacre in 1999.

Juanita Escobar: Orinoco – Fontera De Agua (Water Border)

On View: May 3 – June 9, 2024

This exhibition Orinoco – Fontera De Agua (Water Border) is a visual and literary essay crafted like a giant whirlpool that spins
various stories and voices from the Orinoco River border between Colombia and Venezuela.

Joe Conzo Jr. I A Look Back at the Bronx

On View: September 20 – October 27, 2024

This exhibition explores how starting at the age of 10, Joe Conzo Jr. began to carry his camera daily, photographing everything from school walkouts, to the infamous fires ravaging the Bronx, to rap battles between the Cold Crush Brothers and other foundational Hip Hop groups. Forty-five years later, Joe’s images provide an unmatched and intimate document of the complex forces that
created today’s Bronx.