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A Melrose gallery devoted to documentary photography and film. Its free Youth Photo League teaches middle and high schoolers photography, filmmaking and visual journalism after school.
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Youth Photo League runs after school
Gallery free; Youth Photo League free
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Ages 11–17.
Gallery free; Youth Photo League free
Youth Photo League runs after school
614 Courtlandt Ave, 10451, in Melrose, the Bronx.
Yes. Bronx Documentary Center is indoors, so it works on rainy or cold days.
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