Sam Barzilay is the Creative Director & Co-Founder of Photoville—a New York-based non-profit organization that works to promote a wider understanding and increased access to the art of photography for all. He is also one of the founding producers of the T3 Photo Festival in Tokyo, Japan.
His curatorial practice is focused on creating unique and highly innovative exhibition and programming environments, centered on the principles of addressing cultural equity and inclusion.
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Dave Shelley, hailing from Detroit, Michigan is the co-creator of Photoville along with his partners Sam Barzilay and Laura Roumanos.
Over the last 35 years, Dave has worked in all areas of the arts & entertainment industry as a Producer, Production Manager, Theater Manager, Director. A small sampling of events includes Stadium shows with The Rolling Stones, Films with Matthew Barney, Super Bowl events, Tribeca Film Festival, and a life-changing week assisting Professor Stephen Hawking to navigate New York City
As an actor, Dave performed with The Wooster Group Theater Company for many years, along with other theatrical plays, TV, and film projects.
Photoville is a New York-based non-profit organization that works to promote a wider understanding and increased access to the art of photography for all.
Founded in 2011 in Brooklyn, NY, Photoville was built on the principles of addressing cultural equity and inclusion, which we are always striving for, by ensuring that the artists we exhibit are diverse in gender, class, and race.
In pursuit of its mission, Photoville produces an annual, city-wide open air photography festival in New York City, a wide range of free educational community initiatives, and a nationwide program of public art exhibitions.
