Brian Laird on WNYC and so in our last few minutes today, Shutter bugs, photo nerds, art lovers,

visual storytellers, urban explorers. If you like taking photos or seeing great photographers

work, you are in luck. Tomorrow is the start of the annual Photoville Festival over 80 exhibitions

in Brooklyn Bridge Park and other venues around the five boroughs. Plus, to kick it off, there are

workshops and classes and all kinds

of photo-related activities tomorrow and Sunday. The exhibitions are up through the 22nd.

Judging by the response that we get to our year-end, best photo on your phone contest each year,

I guess there are some photography enthusiasts out there in the audience, and you'll probably

be familiar with our guest, Laura Romano,

the executive director and co-founder of Photoville, the folks who help us run that contest in December.

Hey, Laura, welcome back to the show. In another context, then congratulations on what sounds like

it's going to be a great weekend. Good morning. Thanks for having us. It's great to be here, Brian. Can we start with the

opening festival, some of the activities? Then we'll talk about some of the many exhibit

exhibitions up around town this month that will last through the weekend. What are these workshops

and stories and food? give people some highlights.

So we started, you know, 14 years ago in a, in Brooklyn Bridge Park when it was really developing on like very much undeveloped land on the uplands of pure three.

So think about 14 years later.

We're now in the beautiful developed Emily Roebling Plaza under the Brooklyn Bridge.

We have over just under 60 exhibitions in Brooklyn Bridge Park and 30 exhibitions throughout the city.

We're kicking off tomorrow.

And this weekend is our opening celebration.

So if you love photography, our friends that like a camera who are celebrating 100 years this year, have demonstrations and talks.

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