photo_talks: What Moves You?
Chrystofer Davis
Chrystofer Davis is a Bajan-American photographer and filmmaker — and a Newark, NJ native — whose work is influenced by street/portrait photography and contemporary culture. He’ll be discussing his documentation of his community in Newark: artists, activists, events, stores, restaurants, and street merchants. He feels that — as a documentary/street photographer — it’s important to capture and preserve what’s happening in his city, to spread awareness, and to create a document for future generations to reflect on.
Anja Hitzenberger leads the conversation and Q&A after the presentation.
Chrystofer Davis is a Newark, NJ native, and a Bajan-American photographer and filmmaker whose work is influenced by street/portrait photography and contemporary culture. During the course of Chrystofer’s career he has worked, collaborated, and showcased with world-renowned companies and celebrities, in addition to hosting seminars and lectures. These feats include Michelle Obama, Vogue Italia, FUBU the Collection, Puma, Footlocker, Urban Outfitters, Daymond John of Shark Tank, MTV, Rutgers University, and B&H, to name a few. Peerspace named him as one of “The 5 Best Fine Art Photographers in Newark.” As a teaching artist, he is currently using his expertise to facilitate workshops to show the importance of keeping film and developing alive, as well as documenting the many faces and architecture of Newark, NJ.
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Anja Hitzenberger is a photographer, filmmaker, consultant, and educator. She is the founder of StrudelmediaLive, an educational platform that offers live online photography classes and more to people around the world. Anja studied in the Creative Practice full-time program at the International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York City, and has been on the faculty there since 2009. She is dedicated to working with people from different cultures across the globe.
Her work has been exhibited in solo and group shows, film festivals, and on theater stages throughout Europe, the United States, South America, and Asia. Her photography has been published internationally and is a part of both private and institutional collections, including the International Center of Photography. She has received numerous artistic grants and has been awarded residencies in Rome, Paris, Warsaw, Beijing, and Tainan (Taiwan). A focus of her activities has been working with live performance, including producing a multimedia piece that toured in New York City, Austria, and Korea.
Anja has been teaching live online photography classes since 2015, as well as in-person workshops in New York, Europe, China, and Taiwan. Originally from Salzburg, Austria, she divides her time between New York and Vienna.
