June 07, 2025 - June 22, 2025
12:00PM-8:00PM ET
ONGOING EVENT
Photoville Festival features women healers of Alto Baudó, Colombia
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is proud to present a powerful multimedia exhibit at the Photoville Festival in Brooklyn Bridge Park, in Dumbo, Brooklyn. This year, we’re sharing a story of healing through “Riografías: Women Healers of Alto Baudó,” a collaboration between Colombian photographer Fernanda Pineda and MSF.
- When: Saturday, June 7 - Sunday, June 22, 2025
- Where: Brooklyn Bridge Park (Emily Warren Roebling Plaza), Brooklyn, New York
Celebrate the opening of the festival during the Community Weekend events on June 7 and 8. From 12:00 - 3:00 pm on June 7, join our team for a special photo healing workshop in the park. You can read more about this workshop here.
On Thursday, June 12, join us for a special conversation about visual storytelling in humanitarian aid at the Bronx Documentary Center. You can read more about this collaboration here.
Riografías: Women Healers of Alto Baudó
About the exhibition
Tens of thousands of people in the remote communities of Alto Baudó, in Colombia’s Chocó Department, are terrorized by armed groups. Many are afraid to even leave their homes.
For “Riografías: Women Healers of Alto Baudó,” Colombian photographer Fernanda Pineda and Doctors Without Borders/Médecin Sans Frontières (MSF) intercultural mediators worked with healers and midwives in Alto Baudó to ritually mend the wounds of their home. Their work is the focus of an exhibition featured in this year's annual Photoville Festival in New York City from June 7 to 22.
The communities of Alto Baudó, mostly indigenous Embera or of African descent, say they fear encountering armed groups, being forcibly recruited, or being injured by a mine explosion. If they need medical care, it can take up to 15 hours to find a health center and two to three days to reach a hospital.
Violence forced more than 49,000 inhabitants to confine themselves in 2024. Nevertheless, the women of these communities are guardians—of their people and the natural environment. They see how violence sickens inhabitants and the territory, and they work to create healing.
Special thanks to Skink Ink Fine Art Printing in Brooklyn for generously providing complimentary printing services for this exhibit.
About Photoville
The 14th annual Photoville Festival features a “photo village” comprised of 18 shipping container exhibitions and over 35 open-air photo exhibits and activations. In collaboration with hundreds of artists and programming partners to curate and present over 80 outdoor exhibitions, Photoville addresses a wide range of issues, giving visitors a unique experience of thought-provoking and exceptional photography from across the globe. Opening weekend (June 7-8) will feature a range of public programs in Brooklyn Bridge Park, including artist talks, workshops, screenings, and more—as well as open-air exhibitions in communities across all five boroughs of New York City.
Learn more about the festival on Photoville's website and plan your visit here.
