![]() Solon Quinn, a new volunteer and mentor with the Syracuse Journalism Lab, joined last summer when organized Photo Walks returned after Ryan encouraged him to volunteer. Winning images from the 2020 photo contest are included in the gallery show. In order to still find ways to capture the city in photos, Kang organized a citywide photo contest as a way to still collect images and document this truly unique moment. The event was reimagined in 2020 to avoid large gatherings because of COVID-19 restrictions. That year, additional South Side walks included a historic walk of the architecture along South Salina Street guided by David Haas, the creator of the well-known Instagram page and a walk around the neighborhood surrounding the I-81 viaduct. What began as a small group of eight to 10 people walking through the South Side in 2010 grew to 70 plus individuals by 2019. “The Photo Walk is a great way to meet people out and about or even directly in their front yard.” “I try to find and prioritize stories the community brings to me, not just what press releases come over,” Kang says. The director of The Stand, Syracuse’s South Side Community Newspaper Project, Ashley Kang, says the Photo Walk allows journalists to find stories the community wants to share. The Stand continued this walk each July on a smaller scale, capturing one Saturday each summer, year after year.Ī behind-the-scenes look at participants of the first Photo Walk held in July 2010. Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photo Walk was established more than a decade ago, and was held each July before transitioning to the fall. The annual Photo Walk initially mirrored a global walk created to bring communities of photographers across the world together. “I can’t really think of any other project like that that’s been documenting a specific neighborhood for that long.” ![]() “This walk is such an important part of documenting Syracuse history,” McCoy said. The exhibition showcases work from 45 photographers of all backgrounds, from students, Syracuse natives, as well as professional and amateur photographers alike, interested in capturing different aspects of the city.ĪrtRage Gallery exhibits art for social change and has practiced progressive social activism in Central New York since 1982.Ĭommunity Engagement Organizer for ArtRage Gallery Kimberley McCoy said the Photo Walk is an important way to create a visual history of the South Side. “And there can be no unity without community.” ![]() As a Syracuse native from the South Side, born and raised, he’s happy to have his home shared through the lenses of others, highlighting it as he knows it: a place of love, strength and care. Ryan, founder and vice chair for OG’s Against Violence, said he loves his community. This year, 51 of the more than 11,000 photos accumulated over the last 12 years are displayed at ArtRage Gallery in a retrospective exhibition, “From Where We Stand: Photographs from The Stand’s Annual South Side Photo Walk.” This is merely one of the thousands of moments captured for The Stand’s Photo Walk, an annual social photography event designed to highlight and memorialize life within urban neighborhoods. He leans alongside the still sprouting “tree of life” planted in memory of his son Duriel Lamar Ryan, who he lost to gun violence in 1999. In a photo taken by Keith Waldron in 2021, Clifford Ryan crouches next to a tree on Cannon Street on Syracuse’s South Side. Ryan stands by “the tree of life” planted along Cannon Street in memory of his son, Duriel Lamar Ryan. This photo of Clifford Ryan is one of 51 images on display at ArtRage Gallery.
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