Vincent Cianni

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Newburgh, NY

I am a documentary photographer and educator. My work explores community and memory, the human condition, and the use of image, word and text. We Skate Hardcore was published by NYU Press and the Center for Documentary Studies in 2004 and was awarded t... view more

BRING IT TO THE TABLE by Julie Winokur

A project that brings citizens together around issues that normally tear us apart.
- Webseries
- Montclair, NJ
- 46% funded $14,024 pledged
- 128 backers
Funded!
Studios for the Shandaken Project by The Shandaken Project

Help this community-supported residency program build studios and improve its community kitchen garden!
- Art
- Shandaken, NY
- 108% funded $17,386 pledged
- 258 backers
- Funded May 18, 2012
Funded!
Love Story, Palestine by Yoshiko Chuma

International collaboration by Yoshiko Chuma & The School of Hard Knocks, premiering at La MaMa ETC in May 2012.
- Dance
- Lower East Side, NY
- 114% funded $11,462 pledged
- 124 backers
- Funded May 01, 2012
Funded!
POSTCARDS FROM NOWHERE by Going Nowhere

Two photographers on the road for three months want to send you a self-printed postcard from each of the 48 states as we pass through.
- Photography
- Brooklyn, NY
- 384% funded $28,824 pledged
- 879 backers
- Funded May 10, 2012
Condor One Screenplay by John Simpson

This project is to raise the money for a professional to turn "Condor One," a best selling book into a screenplay for movies or T.V.
- Fiction
- Wilkes Barre, PA
Funding Unsuccessful (03/25/2012)
Funded!
Distant Relations: One Family, Eight Nations by Lori Grinker

Intimate landscapes, portraits, interiors, and video interviews create an impressionistic map of a family’s diaspora .
- Photography
- New York, NY
- 110% funded $16,510 pledged
- 168 backers
- Funded Nov 15, 2011
A solo exhibition by Stuart Sandford by Stuart Sandford

A solo exhibition by UK-born visual artist Stuart Sandford in New York.
- Photography
- New York, NY
Funding Unsuccessful (06/27/2011)
Funded!
Cicada Princess by mauricio baiocchi

Through miniature puppets, we follow the lives of the Cicadas as they come out of the ground for the party at the end of their lives.
- Film & Video
- Berkeley, CA
- 185% funded $74,272 pledged
- 1,097 backers
- Funded Jul 08, 2011
Funded!
The Black Garden - A New Photography Project by Jason Eskenazi

The Black Garden is a photographic investigation of the East/West divide. Based in Istanbul I will travel the region for one year.
- Photography
- Istanbul, Turkey
- 113% funded $13,670 pledged
- 157 backers
- Funded Jul 11, 2011
Funded!
Writers' Recon ('cause we don't retreat): "Operation Padre" by Stephan Wolfert

A Veterans Theatre conducts Writers Retreat 2011 to complete and host a public reading of Viet Nam Veteran Nick Corea's (USMC) story.
- Theater
- Los Angeles, CA
- 150% funded $3,010 pledged
- 43 backers
- Funded Jun 28, 2011

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BRING IT TO THE TABLE by Julie Winokur

Studios for the Shandaken Project by The Shandaken Project

Love Story, Palestine by Yoshiko Chuma

POSTCARDS FROM NOWHERE by Going Nowhere

Condor One Screenplay by John Simpson

Distant Relations: One Family, Eight Nations by Lori Grinker

A solo exhibition by Stuart Sandford by Stuart Sandford

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