Studio Museum in Harlem, NYC: 17 Teen Photographers in "Through Motion and Repose"

The Studio Museum in Harlem is showing "Through Motion and Repose: Expanding the Walls 2026" through January 31, 2027. The exhibition presents photographs by this year's seventeen participants in the museum's flagship teen program, Expanding the Walls: Making Connections Between Photography, History, and Community.

The title names two forces that shape the artists' lives as young people growing up in New York. Some photographers moved in close, recording familiar objects, places and loved ones with tenderness. Others used blur and soft focus to convey the flow of city life in pictures of streets, subways and architecture. Taken together, the images show vibrant scenes outdoors and intimate moments inside the home, and the tension between motion and rest runs through all of it.

The participating artists are Agnes Baidoo, Angel Torres, Christopher Soriano, Fairooz Ahamed, Isabella Amankwa-Jones, Ismael Parache Henry, Janelly Rosendo, Jony Pineda Feliz, Jordyn Vargas, Keyaris Canty, Lalah Harper, Nathaly Lopez Alvarez, Nyasia Massey, Rijika Chowdhury, Stephanie Muñoz, Valentina Megraw and Yoselyn Lucero. An online exhibition at expandingthewalls.studiomuseum.org adds more photographs and information about each artist.

The museum, devoted to artists of African descent and work shaped by Black culture, occupies its new building at 144 West 125th Street. Admission is pay-what-you-can, with suggested prices of $16 for adults and $9 for seniors (65+), students and visitors with disabilities. Children 16 and under and members are free, and Studio Sundays offers free admission to everyone every Sunday.

The museum is open Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Friday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. It is closed Monday and Tuesday.

(Details are drawn from points that agree across reports by All About Photo, Lepetitjournal.com New York.)