Alexia Foundation Exhibition: Images & Issues

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Jasmine Rasheed-Bacon, 6, consoles her cousin, Breonna Starkey-Bacon, 6, after she went into a closet to cry because of a disturbance in the house. The two cousins are very close and rely on each other for support. The girls live in a dangerous neighborhood called the Sun Village in Chester, which is notorious for its drug trafficking and drug related crime. Photo by Justin Maxon courtesy of Alexia Foundation
Jasmine Rasheed-Bacon, 6, consoles her cousin, Breonna Starkey-Bacon, 6, after she went into a closet to cry because of a disturbance in the house. The two cousins are very close and rely on each other for support. The girls live in a dangerous neighborhood called the Sun Village in Chester, which is notorious for its drug trafficking and drug related crime. Photo by Justin Maxon courtesy of Alexia Foundation

The Alexia Foundation will be hosting “Images and Issues” at 25 CPW Gallery on January 23rd, 2013 in New York, New York. The exhibition will feature selected works from the Alexia Foundation’s 22 years of awarding grants to photojournalists, with a special focus on the 2012 professional and student winners, Justin Maxon and Katie Orlinsky, both of whom will be in attendance.

Proceeds from this event will benefit the Women’s Initiative and celebrate the work of Alexia Foundation and the photojournalists it encourages.

The event will feature works by Melanie Blanding, Wesley Law, Ismail Ferdous, Ezra Shaw, Bob Miller, Marie Aragon, Juliette Lynch, Matt Lutton, Veronica Wilson, Justin Yurkanin, Mark Murrmann, Christopher Lane, Ryan Henriksen, Peggy Peattie, Matt Black, Mackenzie Reiss, Ami Vitale, Katie Orlinsky, Justin Maxon, Stephanie Sinclair, Khaled Hasan.

Event Details

“Alexia: Images & Issues”
25 CPW Gallery (located at 62nd Street and Central Park West)
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013
6:00pm to 9:00pm

RSVP

Admission is free. Please RSVP to news@alexiafoundation.org or 718-753-7607.

More Information

For more information, see the Alexia Foundation event page.