OVER the last ten years, the Bronx Documentary Center’s Youth Photography program, also known as the BDC Youth Photo League, has provided more than 400 middle school and high school students from the South Bronx with free documentary photography and multimedia classes as well as a year-round college success program. Armed with considerable talent and developing skills, BDC students are telling community stories accurately and creatively, building intimate portraits of the borough that many call home.
These photos were exhibited as part of the 10th anniversary of the program with an exhibition “Through Our Eyes: Youth Photography at the Bronx Documentary Center, 2013-2023” showcasing their award-winning photography. A book of the same name, a compilation of BDC students' photos from the past decade, is also published and can be purchased from their website.. BDC students have consistently won honors for their work, they have participated in exhibitions at Photoville, the Bronx Botanical Gardens, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Newark Museum, Polka gallery in Paris and other venues. Our students have represented the US at international photo festivals and their work has been published in The New York Times, Washington Post, Polka magazine (France), and featured on ABC News, BBC, Univision, Pix11 and many other places.
