Selected Exhibits & Installations
2012
- The Newtown Creek Armada, North Brooklyn Public Art Coalition, Brooklyn, New York
- The Newtown Creek Armada: Portholes, Dumbo Arts Festival, Brooklyn, New York
- Brooklyn’s Waterfront: Past, Present, Future, Kingsborough Campus, City University of New York
- Urban Omnibus Block Party, St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral, Manhattan, New York
2011
- The Forgotten City, Bring To Light, Brooklyn, New York
- Gowanderlust, Cinebeasts, Brooklyn, New York
- Brooklyn’s Bridges: Engineering as Art and Inspiration, Brooklyn Public Library, New York
- The Doomsday Symposium, 92Y Tribeca, Manhattan, New York
- Curate NYC, Rush Arts Gallery, Manhattan, New York
2010
- The Gentrification of Brooklyn, Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts, Brooklyn, New York
- The No Place, Rotunda Art Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
- Structured, Spattered Columns Gallery, Manhattan, New York
- Invent/Onsite, Rotunda Art Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
- Common Ground, Arts@Renaissance, Brooklyn, New York
- Capture Brooklyn, The Powerhouse Arena, Brooklyn, New York
2009
- Abandoned Brooklyn, UnionDocs Gallery, Brooklyn, New York (solo show)
2008
- Twilight on the Waterfront: Brooklyn’s Vanishing Industrial Heritage, Brooklyn Public Library, New York (solo show)
- Click!, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
Lectures and Panels
- Guest Lecturer, Polytechnic Institute of New York University, Brooklyn New York (2013)
- Lost Waterfronts of New York, Observatory at Proteus Gowanus, Brooklyn, New York (2012)
- Vacant Waterfront: Edgemere, Queens, The Boatel, Queens, New York (2012)
- Down the Road: Modern New York Street Photography, UnionDocs, Brooklyn, New York (2011)
- Block By Block: New York Street Historians, UnionDocs, Brooklyn, New York (2011)
- Gowanus Canal: Toxic Playground, Cabinet Space, Brooklyn, New York (2011)
- Staten Island’s Post Industrial Waterfront, NYC Parks Department & The Council on Art and Humanities in Staten Island, New York (2010)
- Picturing New York City’s Post-Industrial Waterfront, NYC Parks Department & The Metropolitan Exchange, Brooklyn, New York (2010)
- Pretty, Vacant: Abandoned New York, Open City Dialogue Series, Brooklyn, New York (2009)
- Making Covered Tracks, San Francisco Independent Film Festival, California (2008)
- Brooklyn Decay Crew, New York Photobloggers, New York (2007)
Programming and Curation
- Brooklyn Film Festival, Director of Programming (2010-2013) & Documentary Programmer (2008-2013)
- UnionDocs, Programming Advisory Committee (2010-2013)
- Senza Frontiere – Without Borders Film Festival, Selections Committee (2008-2013)
- Doomsday Film Festival, Festival Advisor (2009-2012)
- Red Hook Film Festival, Festival Director (2008-2010) & Festival Advisor (2011-2012)
- Brooklyn Independent Cinema Series, Associate Programmer (2008-2009)
Selected Screenings
2013
- Haus Der Kunst, Munich, Germany
- Cinebeasts Subway Series, New York
- Waterwheel, World Water Day Symposium
2012
- Observatory, Proteus Gowanus, Brooklyn, New York
- Whitechapel Gallery, London, England
2011
- Bring To Light, New York
2010
- San Francisco Independent Film Festival, California
- Rooftop Film Festival, New York
2009
- UnionDocs, New York
- Red Hook Film Festival, New York
- San Francisco Public Library, California
- Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema, California
- Rooftop TV – Manhattan Neighborhood Network, New York
2008
- Slamdance Film Festival, Utah
- Boston Underground Film Festival, Massachusetts
- San Francisco Independent Film Festival, California
- Rooftop Film Festival, New York
- Fantasia Film Festival, Montreal
- Black Maria Film Festival, New Jersey
- Crossroads Film Festival, Mississippi
- Lake County Film Festival, Illinois
- Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema, California
- New York Public Library, New York
2007
- Rooftop Film Festival, New York
- Brooklyn Independent Cinema Series, New York
- Red Hook International Film Festival, New York
- Five Town Massive Film Festival, Vermont
- Last Supper Film Festival, New York
- Millenium Film Workshop, New York
- East Coast Aliens, New York
- DCTV, New York
2006
- San Francisco Documentary Film Festival, California
- Artists Television Access, San Francisco, California
- Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema, California
- San Francisco Public Library, California
- Brooklyn Independent Cinema Series, New York
Interviews and Reviews
2013
- “What’s your favorite NYC secret?” Time Out New York, Nadia Chaudhury, April 9, 2013
- “Hulking tanks in Staten Island’s Rossville section must go,” Staten Island Advance, Mark Stein, February 13, 2013
2012
- “Arts & Sciences + Agreeing To Disagree,” AudioFiles, Eli Chen, November 28, 2012
- “Caught in the Act: Art in Brooklyn,” Brooklyn Independent Television, Abbey Adkinson, October 24, 2012
- “New York’s Floating Art Hotel, the Boatel, Will Close at the End of October,” Art Info, Allison Meier, October 17, 2012
- “On The Beat: Newtown Creek,” Municipal Art Society, Kate Lenahan, October 8, 2012
- “Poverty and the Ballot and Participatory Budgets,” CUNY TV, Brian Lehrer, September 19, 2012
- “Floating Down Newtown Creek, Boats Made From its Trash,” The Wall Street Journal, Joshua Dawsey, September 18, 2012
- “Goings On About Town: Above And Beyond,” The New Yorker, September 17, 2012
- “Sail Away: Up A Creek,” NY Post, Chris Erikson, September 14, 2012
- “Battleship Brooklyn: Mini Armada Attacks Superfund Site With Cameras,” Good Magazine, Julie Ma, September 14, 2012
- “Virtually Immersed in Toxic Waters,” Urban Omnibus, September 14, 2012
- “Remote controlled boats make use of polluted water,” ABC News, Lauren Glassberg, September 13, 2012
- “Under the Muck,” Brooklyn Paper, Natalie O’Neill, September 10, 2012
- “Pollution as Art: Radio-Controlled Armada Floats Where Canoes Dare Not Go,” Wired, Nathan Hurst, September 8, 2012
- “Model Boats Set to Launch From Polluted Newtown Creek,” WNYC News, Annmarie Fertoli, September 8, 2012
- “Artists Bring Attention to ‘One of the Nation’s Most Polluted Waterways’ With Art Boat Project,” Art Info, Allison Meier, September 6, 2012
- “Model boats will explore contaminated New York City waterway,” Boing Boing, Mark Frauenfelder, September 5, 2012
- “Dive Into Newtown Creek’s Toxic Waters,” Gothamist, Garth Johnston, September 5, 2012
- “Newtown Creek Remote Control Boats Set to Launch,” DNA Info, Meredith Hoffman, August 31, 2012
- “Empty LNG tanks, a Staten Island community blemish, attract urban explorers,” Staten Island Advance, Mark Stein, July 12, 2012
- “Dark Legacy, Points of Light: Photographers and Newtown Creek,” Professional Women Photographers, Catherine Kirkpatrick, July 8, 2012
- “Brooklyn Film Festival Zooms In on Community,” The Wall Street Journal, Steve Dollar, May 30, 2012
- “Interview with Nathan Kensinger,” Filmwax Radio, Adam Schartoff, March 7, 2012
- “Brooklyn Artists to Film Newtown Creek Filth with Remote-Control Boats,” DNA Info, Meredith Hoffman, February 14, 2012
- “Controversy as Muse–Atlantic Yards-Inspired Art,” Brooklyn Based, Jordan Galloway, January 10, 2012
2011
- “Block by Block: New York’s Street Historians,” Urban Omnibus, Meg Kelly, December 2, 2011
- “Newtown Creek Armada art project to set sail on polluted Greenpoint waterway,” New York Daily News, Erin Durkin, November 22, 2011
- “Modern New York Historians With Street Smarts,” Wall Street Journal, Bruce Bennett, November 19, 2011
- “A Great Adventure – Without Ever Leaving the Five Boroughs,” Brooklyn Paper, Juliet Linderman, November 15, 2011
- “Newtown Creek Armada to Sail Miniature Fleet on Polluted Waterway,” L Magazine, Benjamin Sutton, November 11, 2011
- “Artists will put cameras on boats in the Newtown Creek,” The Brooklyn Paper, Aaron Short, November 11, 2011
- “Cinebeast’s Gowanderlust,” Urban Omnibus, Meg Kelly, October 19, 2011
- “New York’s Nuit Blanche Redux: Industrial Buildings Brought to Light,” Huffington Post, Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington, October 5, 2011
- “15 Best Things to Do This Week,” Time Out New York, October 3, 2011
- “Bring to Light | Nuit Blanche New York,” Urban Omnibus, September 30, 2011
- “Nuit Blanche Lights up the Greenpoint Night”, Brooklyn Based, Jordan Galloway, September 30, 2011
- “San Francisco Native Discovers Pouch Camp,” Staten Island Advance, Mark Stein, May 19, 2011
- “An Interview with Nathan Kensinger,” Next American City, Sarah Amandolare, January 3, 2011
2010
- “Movies In A Tunnel; Words and Photos in Harlem,” New York Times, Rachel Lee Harris, December 9, 2010
- “Village Voice Web Awards: The Finalists for Best Photo Blog Are…,” Village Voice, December 3, 2010
- “Creek Tragedy Exhibit at North Brooklyn Art Show,” New York Daily News, Elizabeth Lazarowitz, September 21, 2010
- “Boomtown Gone Bust: Photos of Abandoned Williamsburg,” The L Magazine, Jonny Diamond, September 2, 2010
- “Shooting Photos along the Shore,” Staten Island Advance, Mark Stein, June 3, 2010
- “Photography on the Fringes” Brooklyn Paper, Tony Cella, March 22, 2010
- “The Gentrification of Brooklyn: The Pink Elephant Speaks,” Urban Omnibus, Jesse Mintz-Roth, February 11, 2010
- “As If Swallowed Up By The Earth,” Art Slant, Nate Sensel, February 3, 2010
- “Love, Sex and Vegan Cake,” San Francisco Chronicle, Leah Garchik, February 2, 2010
2009
- “Urban Photographer Nathan Kensinger Knows NYC’s Best Rooftops, Toxic Industrial Canals, and Dive-Bar Bathrooms,” Village Voice, Mackenzie Schmidt, October 29, 2009
- “Hidden New York,” New York Times: Urban Eye, Melena Ryzik, October 19, 2009
- “Pretty, Vacant: A Slideshow of Abandoned New York,” Time Out New York, Chris Schonberger, October 15, 2009
- “Exploring the Uninhabited and Unknown,” New School Free Press, Helen Buyniski, March 30, 2009
- “A Fresh Look At Forgotten Places,” Staten Island Advance, Tevah Platt, March 19, 2009
- “Abandoned Brooklyn: Nate Kensinger at Union Docs,” Greenpoint Gazette, Adriane Quinlan, January 30, 2009
- “Nathan Kensinger, Photographer,” Gothamist, Jen Carlson, January 19, 2009
2008
- “Filmmakers Nathan and Keary Kensinger Open a Secret Commie Bookstore,” New York Magazine, September 12, 2008
- “Have Camera, Will Trespass, on Brooklyn’s Waterfront,” New York Times, Sewell Chan, August 1, 2008
- “The Twilight of Brooklyn’s Disappearing Industrial Waterfront, in Pictures,” The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, July 11, 2008
- “Vanishing Acts,” The Architects Newspaper, Anne Guiney, July 9, 2008
2007
- “Nathan Kensinger: Filmmaker,” Fine Books and Collections, Scott Brown, March, 2007
2006
- “Climb the Stairs,” San Francisco Bay Guardian, Johnny Ray Huston, May 17, 2006
- “Weekly Picks,” San Francisco Bay Guardian, Cheryl Eddy, October 25, 2006
- “The Hill Has Eyes,” SF 360, September 1, 2006
- Untitled, San Francisco Chronicle, Leah Garchik, February 7, 2006
Published Photographs and Articles
2013
- “Process under way to determine how to demolish Staten Island LNG tanks,” Staten Island Advance, Mark Stein and Tom Wrobleski, February 17, 2013
- “Hidden Cities,” Penguin Group, Moses Gates, 2013 (Title Page photograph)
2012
- “Visualized: Lockheed P2V-5 Neptune,” Distro Magazine, June 29, 2012
- “Another Kind of Party Boat,” New York Magazine, May 20, 2012
- “A Love Letter to Brooklyn,” Overflow Magazine, Nathan Kensinger, Spring 2012
- “Greenpoint Locals Debate Use of $19M in Settlement Funds for Neighborhood,” DNA Info, Meredith Hoffman, March 23, 2012
- “Camera Obscura” Column, Curbed, Nathan Kensinger, May 2012-present
2011
- “Street Historians Dig and Climb New York’s Stranger Side,” PBS 13 WNET Metrofocus, Nathan Kensinger, November 16, 2011
- “Haunting Photos Of The Abandoned Governor’s Island In NYC,” Business Insider, Daniel Goodman, November 9, 2011
- “Staten Island’s Secret Oasis,” New York Times: City Room, May 9, 2011
- “The Hole: New York’s Ghost Town,” Architizer, Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan, April 5, 2011
- “The Vacant Bungalows of New Dorp,” New York Times: City Room, March 9, 2011
- “In the Ruins of Playland, Artifacts of Better Days,” New York Times: City Room, January 3, 2011
- “Miracle Under 42nd Street,” Invention & Technology Magazine, Winter 2011, Volume 25, Number 4
2010
- “Whole Prudes: Why is High-End Retail So Scarce in Park Slope?” New York Observer, Zeke Turner, December 7, 2010
- “Along Jamaica Bay, a Landfill’s Visual Legacy,” New York Times: City Room, November 10, 2010
- “Richard Serra Sculpture Rusts in Bronx Yard,” New York Times, Sam Dolnick, September 26, 2010
- “Abandoned,” Overflow Magazine, Nathan Kensinger, Fall 2010
- “A Photo Tour of Brooklyn’s Navy Yard,” New York Times: The Local, Nathan Kensinger, July 9 2010
- “The Architects Rebuilding Domino Sugar in Williamsburg,” Flavor Wire, Kelsey Keith, January 22, 2010
- “Neighbor Procedure,” Coach House Books, Rachel Zolf, 2010 (Book Cover)
2009
- “Nathan Kensinger Scoops New York’s Secret Parties,” Flavor Pill, Kelsey Keith, October 19, 2009
- “Tiny Museum on a Big Mission,” New York Times: The Local, Andy Newman, October 3, 2009
- “Kensinger’s Abandoned City,” Wink Magazine, August 4, 2009
- “Down By The Sea,” New York Magazine, June 7, 2009
- “Squatter Explosion,” New York Post, Sarah Ryley, May 31, 2009
2008
- “Brooklyn’s Industrial Side,” New York Times: Metro Region, July 31, 2008
2007
- “A Trump Towers Progress,” The New York Sun, September 13, 2007
- “Under the Streets of Brooklyn,” The New York Sun, September 12, 2007
Education
2001 BA, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA