Program in Historic Downtown Wilson, NC
The 11th Edition will launch on May 31, 2025
The Party & The First Walk
The Party for our Sponsors
Guests and photographers from around the World will join us to make this an unforgettable happening.
The House of Jérôme & Rosa De Perlinghi; Friday, May 30, 2025 at 6.30 PM
By invitation only, inquiries must be sent to eyesonmainstreetinc@gmail.com
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.
The Lectures: Programs to be announced in early 2025
-Saturday May 31, 2024, 10AM: Jared Ragland, USA
-Saturday May 31, 2025, 2PM: Louise Oligny, Canada
-Sunday June 1, 2025, 11AM:
-Sunday June 1, 2025, 2.30PM: Marc Chaumeil, France
-Sunday June 1, 2025, 4 PM: Panel discussion around The State of Photography in 2025, between six photographers and Fabrice Rousselot, moderator
The Imagination Station. 224 Nash Street E., Wilson, NC 27893
Lectures are free but reservations by email are strongly recommended: 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 2027 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
See the video link on the photograph above
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 have to have a new partnership in place in 2025.
Jérôme De Perlinghi,
Artistic Director
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