Cross Bronx/Living Legend Artist Talk: Abigail Montes

Join us for an Artist Talk featuring Cross Bronx/Living Legend artist Abigail Montes, in conversation with photographer Roy Baizan, on photographing community and place in The Bronx.

Abigail Montes is a documentary photographer and educator proudly from the South Bronx. Since 2013, Montes has dedicated herself to youth-centered initiatives utilizing the camera as a tool for change. From 2019-2025, she was co-coordinator of free photography courses in the South Bronx through ICP at THE POINT. In 2024, Montes joined the Seis Del Sur photo collective, documenting the struggle and resilience within the Puerto Rican diaspora and striving to inspire the next generation of visual storytellers. She continues to serve as a lead instructor for ICP's Youth Programs, teaching the fundamentals of photography with social justice, self-esteem, community, and collaboration as thematic anchors, and has been accepted into the Yale School of Art MFA Photography 2027 cohort.

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