Program in Historic Downtown Wilson, NC


The 11th Edition will launch on May 31, 2025. it will run from 05.31.2025 - 10.31.2025



The Party & The First Walk


The Party for our Guests, Sponsors and Visitors

Guest photographers from around the World will join us to make this an unforgettable happening.

at The American Center for Photographers; Saturday, May 31, 2025 at 7.00 PM

An evening in music with Cora Rose as special guest, please listen to the track in the link below:

https://corarose.bandcamp.com/track/change

Partner of resident photographer José Luis Vilchez, Cora will return to Wilson to the great delight of her many friends here.


The Walk

Join us for a 90 minutes walk around the 100 new photographs of the 10th Edition on Saturday, May 31 at 4.30PM meeting in front of our American Center for Photographers (ACP), 230 Goldsboro Street S, Wilson, NC 27893. Up to 20 photographers will walk with us and share their experience with you.




Inquiries must be sent to:

eyesonmainstreetinc@gmail.com



The Lectures


Four renowned and seasoned photographers will speak about the unique experience of their residency in Wilson.


Saturday, May 31, 2025Lectures


- 10:00am     Jared Ragland (USA)

- 02:00pm     Louise Oligny (Canada)  


Sunday, June 1, 2025


- 11:00pm     Meg Hewitt (Australia)

- 02:30pm     Marc Chaumeil (France)  


Location: Imagination Station, second floor 224 Nash Street E, Wilson, NC 27893  

Free admission, secure your place by email

eyesonmainstreetinc@gmail.com



-Free Photography Workshop; TBA


Please, contact Jeidy Cruz at The American Center for more infos and participation:

americancenterforphotographers@gmail.com


This project was supported by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural Resources, with funding from the national Endowment for the Arts.



Eyes on Main Street Galleries: The American Center for Photographers


-ACP Gallery is located at 230 Goldsboro Street S, Wilson, NC 27893 (across the Whirligig Park)


To Access ACP Website: Click Here


-The Eyes on Wilson, indoor exhibition will launch on May 31, 2025. This show will cover the 7 years of the program. 68 photographers from around the world came to Wilson, NC, USA, each for one month to photograph all segments of our community between September 2017 and April 2024. 

Over 400 photographs will be on display at The American Center for Photographers from May 31 to July 31, 2025.





Diana Bagnoli, Wilson, NC, USA 2018





International Partnerships


Click on the photo to see the video

See the video link on the photograph above



South Korea



Eyes on Main Street will be a partner of the 18th Jeonju International Photography Festival (04.26.2025 - 05.11.2025) for the 5th Time. We will display 20 large scale images from our 2024 10th Anniversary Edition in South Korea.

http://www.jpf.co.kr/



China



After six years of partnership with this wonderful photography in China, we took a year off in 2024, but we hope to resume this collaboration in 2025.


Malaysia



Eyes on Main Street was in August 2024 a partner of the Kuala Lumpur Photography Festival, in Malaysia, for a 9th consecutive year.  A selection of 15 images from the 10th edition were selected and put on display in the malaysian Capital. We hope to have a new partnership in place in the Summer of 2025.

http://klpf.com.my



Jérôme De Perlinghi,

Artistic Director



Contact us by email:

eyesonmainstreetinc@gmail.com




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