#PhotoJax500 Event

Florida Mining Gallery, the Museum of Contemporary Arts and the CoRK Arts District opened their doors Jan. 24-26 for PhotoJax 2013, the Jacksonville Photography Festival. A section of Laura street in front of MOCA was closed off Jan. 25 for the viewing party, #PhotoJax500, an Instagram photo contest. Five hundred photos from Instagram users in Jacksonville were displayed on television screens in the street. The CoRK Arts District displayed prints of the #PhotoJax500 winners at their opening reception, as well as work by local photographers and UNF photography students Jan. 26.