--- description: A weekend of "peace, love and photography," the LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph highlights work by Gregory Crewdson, Susan Meiselas, Richard Misrach, Michael Nichols, Josef Koudelka, Carrie Mae Weems and many others. title: A Glance at the 2013 LOOK3 Photo Festival image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ad69642255833d1/6987a5cee20a87e3c2a87d51/look3_meiselas_1981016k051.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [LightBox](/tag/time-section-lightbox/) ## LightBox Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # A Glance at the 2013 LOOK3 Photo Festival by [Eugene Reznik](/author/eugene-reznik/) ## Eugene Reznik Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 13, 2013 6:44 PM CUT  Street fighter, Managua, Nicaragua, 1979. Street fighter, Managua, Nicaragua, 1979.Susan Meiselas—Magnum/Courtesy LOOK3 by [Eugene Reznik](/author/eugene-reznik/) ## Eugene Reznik Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 13, 2013 6:44 PM CUT For three days this week, photo enthusiasts from around the world will descend on the tree-lined downtown district of Charlottesville, Va. Working professionals and amateurs will mill about the neighborhood’s exhibition spaces, portfolio review venues, workshops, performance halls and cafes alongside icons and living legends. The seventh-annual [LOOK3 Festival](http://www.look3.org "undefined"), which plays off the tagline of the 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Festival, promises a weekend of “peace, love and photography” — presumably with less mud wrestling and mind-altering experiences. Though not necessarily. In addition to showcasing work from a diverse range of artists, “we also wanted to create a kind of _Happening_,” Melissa Harris tells TIME. She is the Editor-in-Chief at Aperture Foundation and co-curated this year’s festival alongside [Yolanda Cuomo, Creative Director at Yolanda Cuomo Design and designer of some of the strongest photo books of the last three decades](http://lightbox.time.com/2013/06/12/profile-of-a-curatorial-master-yolanda-cuomo/ "undefined"). Together, they focused on culling exhibitions that are “provocatively experiential and at times intrinsically site-specific,” says Harris. “We wanted to play with scale and different media and textures.” _National Geographic_ photographer Tim Laman, for instance, who spent a decade documenting every known species of the Birds-of-Paradise, will be exhibiting his work on large banners suspended high in the trees of Charlottesville’s outdoor pedestrian mall. This year promises more featured ‘INsight Artists’ than in years past, including Gregory Crewdson, [Susan Meiselas](http://lightbox.time.com/2012/01/26/postcards-from-america-the-box-set/#3 "undefined"), [Richard Misrach](http://lightbox.time.com/2012/06/01/richard-misrach/ "undefined"), Michael Nichols, [Josef Koudelka](http://lightbox.time.com/2011/09/29/josef-koudelkas-gypsies-revisited/ "undefined") and [Carrie Mae Weems](http://lightbox.time.com/2012/09/20/carrie-mae-weems-a-look-back-on-three-decades/ "undefined"). In addition to their exhibitions, each of these influential photographers will participate in onstage conversations with an interviewer and large-scale projections of their work in the background. “The artists are super intelligent and eloquent,” Harris says, “and we wanted to give them time onstage to present the breadth of their work, so viewers who are not aware of it take away a larger context.” On Friday and Saturday night, there will be a two-hour outdoor multimedia projection of a variety of innovative projects. Many of these artists, whose work lies at the intersection of photojournalism and fine art, have appeared on LightBox, including [Nina Berman](http://lightbox.time.com/2013/03/18/a-decade-of-war-in-iraq-the-images-that-moved-them-most/#46 "undefined"), [Pari Dukovic](http://lightbox.time.com/2012/07/05/inside-the-world-of-turkish-oil-wrestling/ "undefined"), [Natan Dvir](http://lightbox.time.com/2011/09/22/eighteen-natan-dvir/ "undefined"), [Donna Ferrato](http://lightbox.time.com/2012/06/27/i-am-unbeatable-donna-ferratos-commitment-to-abused-women/#1 "undefined"), [Stanley Greene](http://lightbox.time.com/2013/03/18/a-decade-of-war-in-iraq-the-images-that-moved-them-most/#29 "undefined"), [Zhang Kechun,](http://lightbox.time.com/2012/11/13/root-of-the-nation-zhang-kechun-photographs-chinas-yellow-river/ "undefined") [Lisa Kereszi,](http://lightbox.time.com/2012/10/31/haunt-me-the-scare-houses-of-lisa-kereszi/ "undefined") [Paolo Pellegrin](http://lightbox.time.com/2012/01/26/postcards-from-america-the-box-set/#7 "undefined"), [Eugene Richards](http://lightbox.time.com/2013/05/30/inside-guantanamo-bay-photographs-by-eugene-richards/ "undefined"), [Shaul Schwarz](http://lightbox.time.com/2011/06/30/mexicos-ongoing-drug-violence-by-shaul-schwarz/ "undefined"), [Mikhail Subotzky and Patrick Waterhouse](http://lightbox.time.com/2013/05/20/ponte-city-an-apartheid-era-high-rise-mired-in-myth/ "undefined"), [Will Steacy](http://lightbox.time.com/2011/07/19/food-and-the-inner-city-a-product-of-our-environment/ "undefined") and [Peter van Agtmael](http://lightbox.time.com/2012/10/17/peter-van-agtmael-receives-the-2012-w-eugene-smith-grant-in-humanistic-photography/ "undefined"). “There is definitely not a theme,” Harris adds. “LOOK3 is a celebration of each individual artist and his or her respective work and voice.” --- [**_LOOK3: The Festival of the Photograph_**](http://www.look3.org "undefined") _will be held in Charlottesville, Va. from June 13 – 15, 2013._ **_Eugene Reznik_** _is a Brooklyn-based photographer and writer. Follow him on Twitter_ [_@eugene\_reznik_](https://twitter.com/eugene%5Freznik "undefined")_._ ---  Street fighter, Managua, Nicaragua, 1979. Susan Meiselas—Magnum/Courtesy LOOK3  Lulu and Debbie, Tunbridge, Vermont, 1974. Susan Meiselas—Magnum/Courtesy LOOK3  Untitled, 2007, from Beneath The Roses. Gregory Crewdson—Courtesy Gagosian Gallery.  Untitled (13), 2009, from Sanctuary. Gregory Crewdson—Courtesy Gagosian Gallery.  Crocodile Tail, Zakouma National Park, Chad, 2006. Michael Nichols—National Geographic  Charging Elephant near Dzanga Bai, Central African Republic, 1993 Michael Nichols—National Geographic  Greater Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea apoda). Badigaki Forest, Wokam Island in the Aru Islands, Indonesia. Tim Laman  Invasion of Warsaw Pact troops, Prague, 1968. Josef Koudelka—Magnum/Courtesy LOOK3  Warsaw Pact troops invade Prague in front of the Radio Headquarters, Prague, August 1968. Josef Koudelka—Magnum/Courtesy LOOK3  Election (Lynndie) Martha Rosler—Courtesy LOOK3  Gladiators Martha Rosler—Courtesy LOOK3  The First Major Blow from Constructing History: A Requiem to Mark the Moment, 2008. Carrie Mae Weems—Courtesy the Artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York  Swamp and Pipeline, Geismar, Louisiana, 1998, from Petrochemical America, Aperture 2012. 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