More than 300 photographs from fifty photographers capture the people, places and culture of the City of Fall River in "Fall River Portraits 2015." The exhibit opened on June 6, 2015 at the Narrows  Center for the Arts Gallery, featuring music by Jambalaya, a local band of seniors. "Some of the project participants are experienced photographers; others had never used anything other than a cell phone to take snapshots," said UMass-Dartmouth anthropology professor Andrea Klimt, Ph.D, who directed the project and curated the exhibit." Their visions are quite different from one another, but together they offer us insight into the often-missed beauty of the ordinary and challenge us to recognize the complex realities of this urban space." The exhibit is supported through the Creative Economy Initiatives Fund Project of the UMass President's Office. Participants range in age from 14 to 80, including UMass Dartmouth students, high school students from B.M.C. Durfee High School and Resiliency Preparatory School, and Senior Champion volunteers with the Fall River in Motion project under Coordinator Julie Kelly. The show will continue after July 1st in the Mass in Motion Staircase Gallery. Click here for a three-minute video of the opening. Click here for photos of the group working on the project. For further  information, contact Julie Kelly at 508-324-2405. 

(Top row, left) Jack Lowney is joined by Fall River in Motion photographer Kathy Lowney and family members Jack and Erin Lowney. Top row center and right) Exhibit curator Andrea Klimt, Ph.D, is greeted by Rev. Robert Lawrence and another guest as Kathy talks with Mass in Motion Fall River Coordinator Julie Kelly. (Row two) Julie points a photo by Fall River in Motion photographer Kathy Duclos as Kathy stands beside one of her other photos, the centerpiece of the exhibit. (Row three) Two of Kathy Lowney's photos straddle the description of the project. (Row four, left and right) State Representative Carole Fiola, center, talks with Nicholas Nearhos and Evelyn Charbonneau while looking at some of the photos. (Row four, center) Dr. Klimt and Julie Kelly pose for a photo following their video interview. (Bottom row, left and right) UMass Chancellor Davina Grossman gives UMass-D student and photographer Corinne Pavao a congratulatory hug as Josephine Vieira of Portsmouth looks at her photo. (Bottom row, center) Fall River attorney and advocate Dave Dennis looks at some of the photos.