EYES on MAIN Street

02/11/2025

The Residency Book, Jelgava, Latvia, 2025
The printing of the Eyes on Main Street Residency Book is complete, Aldis my favorite printer did a wonderful job, it is marvelous.
For over 2500 days -think about that number- Eyes on Main Street has run a program to photograph every square inch of Wilson, NC, USA (population roughly 50,000). Sixty Nine photographers coming from 24 different countries have delivered a body of work rarely seen anywhere in the world.
This book will solidify the legacy of Eyes on Main Street, a non-profit dedicated to photography and photographers.
www.eyesonmainstreetwilson.com
www.americancenterforphotographerswilson.com

01/04/2025

Our New Year's presents have arrived at The American Center for Photographers. We have received the major book collection from Scott Le Gear who donated over 250 books to our library. This includes "The Decisive Moment", the iconic book by Henri Cartier Bresson as seen in the foreground. The whole collection is very impressive and not to be missed. We are building for you one of the most pertinent photo book libraries in the State of North Carolina, see our website for more infos:
www.americancenterforphotographerswilson.com

10/07/2024

Eyes on Main Street INC would like to thank very warmly our dedicated sponsors. Only for the second time in 11 editions, all the photographs and photographers have found a sponsor. The 11th Edition will launch on May 31, 2025. It is entirely dedicated to the residency program and all photographs are shot in Wilson County. See the website for more infos:
www.eyesonmainstreetwilson.com

09/22/2024

Dear friends of our Festival in Wilson and all around the State. please join us on Thursday October 3rd, 2024 at 6 PM at The American Center for Photographers in Historic Downtown Wilson for a great party to secure the funds for our 11th Edition. It will launch on May 31, 2025 and it will be dedicated to the Residency Program, all the 100 photographs are shot within Wilson County and it could be you on a photo? See the website for the selection:
www.eyesonmainstreetwilson.com

09/19/2024

Discover on our website the full 11th Edition for 2025 of Eyes on Main Street. Our photography Festival will be dedicated to the 67 photographers who came to Wilson for a month long residency each, between September 2017 and April 2024.
Join us for the launch party on May 31, 2025.
Cover photo: DDavid Robert Farmerie

2024 photography festival in downtown Wilson, NC

09/11/2024

The BB&T as seen by Dave Jordano part of the book project of Eyes on Main Street. Over 400 photographs by 67 photographers will retrace the visual stories of the last seven years (2017-2024). After the campaign ends, the book will be $20 more expensive, so get you copies today, the fundraising campaign is ending soon
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1086083969/eyes-on-wilson?ref=user_menu

08/29/2024

Dear Friends, I would like to thank very warmly the 117 backers of this new campaign on Kickstarter for believing in Photography, for believing in what Photographers do. For 7 years, 68 photographers spent roughly one month each with us, in Historic Downtown Wilson, NC, USA, to record the transformation of our City. A very nice book is in the making and 117 friends of this organization made it possible to move forward with the production of this book. I would also like to thank Kickstarter for bringing people together, without the platform, it would be almost impossible to publish such a book. Over the years and different campaigns, I have raised $173,000 through Kickstarter alone. This is a night and a moment to enjoy. You have 3 weeks left to order the books, after the campaign is over, the books will cost 30% more.
With friendship to all,
Jerome De Perlinghi.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1086083969/eyes-on-wilson?ref=user_menu

08/29/2024

Dear Wilsonian, let's finish this book campaign today, right now (after the pre-sales, the book will be $15 more expensive to buy). We have almost reached the funding goal. When successful, I can concentrate on the making of the 11th Edition. Thank you so much for your support.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1086083969/eyes-on-wilson?ref=user_menu

08/28/2024

Eyes on Main Street will launch an 11th Edition on Saturday May 31, 2025 that will run for 100 days until Sunday, September 7, 2025. The whole exhibition will be dedicated to the residency program (2017-2024) with 100 photographs by 68 photographers from 18 countries who spent each one month with us. A very nice hard cover book with 240 pages and 400 images is available in presale using this link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1086083969/eyes-on-wilson?ref=user_menu
As usual, you will have lectures and workshops during this new edition. Photo by Diana Bagnoli, Wilson, NC, USA, 2018

08/27/2024

Keith Dannemiller, Wilson, NC, 2017
Let's finish this Kickstarter campaign in force, it is 80% financed, but we still need to sell about 75 books to make it happen. Please order your copy right now, it will take 30 seconds using the link. 67 residents photographers, 400 photographs, a program spread over 7 years, hard cover book, follow the link:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1086083969/eyes-on-wilson?ref=user_menu

08/25/2024

The beloved Jay Hood photographed by Jérôme Bonnet in 2018
If you do not know the story: in July 2014, the idea of Eyes on Main Street is rising. On a nice Summer evening at DPH, Jay Hood approaches me and says I love this idea about a photography festival in Historic Downtown Wilson and I would like to help you. He opens his check book and writes a $1,000 check as our first sponsor, he has total blind faith and the rest is history. The first festival launches on 05.10.15 with Jay in attendance.
To publish the full story of the 67 photographers of the residency (please watch the video in the link), Eyes on Main Street needs a few more Jay Hood to put their blind faith into this book project. Thank you.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1086083969/eyes-on-wilson?ref=user_menu

07/30/2024

Such a book project only happens once in several generations, for sure a first for Wilson, NC, USA. 67 Photographers spent combined 2000 days to create a very large visual story about us. Do not hesitate, support this campaign by clicking the link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1086083969/eyes-on-wilson?ref=user_menu

07/28/2024

If you live in Wilson County, I strongly believe that you should get your copies of this book with over 400 photographs from your community. It is a work of love by 67 photographers, I thnak you for your consideration. Please, double click the link and order today:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1086083969/eyes-on-wilson?ref=user_menu

07/26/2024

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1086083969/eyes-on-wilson?ref=user_menu

To Wilsonians, this visual book “Eyes on Wilson” by 67 resident photographers shows a complete and tender chapter of their life.
To the outside world, it is a visual art project rarely seen nowadays.
Either way, you should have a look at the video in the link and consider supporting such a beautiful artistic statement.

Photographic Time Capsule by 67 Resident Photographers over 7 Years

06/17/2024

Truly mind blowing, my Instagram page has been permanently removed for non-respecting the guidelines of the company, six years of crafted photography work gone. Anyone who has seen my page, knows that I have used Instagram as large contact sheets posting around topics from month to month, nothing controversial, but in the sincere tradition of photo-journalism.
I have been posting about my life work made in large cities as Shanghai or Chicago; my older photographs from the UK or the Pine Ridge reservation, and of course my portraits of celebrities. Last night, I posted 3 "normal" photographs of Istanbul and then suddenly there was a message saying that I had not respected the company guidelines, without ever mentioning what breach of those guidelines was made. I appealed their decision as suggested by IG themselves but the final reply came 4 minutes later (4 minutes on a Sunday night, it looks a computer had fun with my photos), the verdict was direct: forever gone, deleted.
It looks like true censorship is present the same way in the USA, then the lack of any communication or attempt at justification are clearly very worrying signs for all of us who use photography as a medium. If you want to see more of my photography, like whole portfolios to understand my work, my website remains live:
www.jeromedeperlinghi.com
PS: the instagram page of Eyes on Main Street remains active

06/03/2024

The Last Meal, Wilson, NC, USA 2024
A group of friends together...
www.jeromedeperlinghi.com

06/02/2024

Walking with 151 visitors for a mile to see 100 photographs, and hearing 21 photographers telling moving stories about their work, on a beautiful Saturday afternoon! I believe that this is the real deal.
www.eyesonmainstreetwilson.com

06/01/2024

Today, Wilson, NC, USA 2024
The 1oth Edition of Eyes on Main Street opens today, please joinn us for a wonderful program in Historic Downtown Wilson (see our website) and do not miss the 4,30 pm first walk with about 20 international photographers (American Center for Photographers at 4.30PM) followed by the launch of the Residency Program Exhibition at 6PM)
www.eyesonmainstreetwilson.com
www.americancenterforphotographerswilson.com