"We are very much looking forward to speaking with Jessica and Brenda, risk-taking photographers whose work embraces contemporary visual language with surprising, powerful and intimate results," says Gallery Director Isolde Brielmaier. "This series continues to grow, creating a new venue in Brooklyn for audiences to hear casual conversations with smart, local, and forward-looking artists."

Jessica Dimmock’s award-winning photo essay "The Ninth Floor" documents the lives of heroin addicts living in the city. The series, awarded Fabrica Forma Fotografia’s F Award, the Inge Morath Prize and PDN’s Marty Forscher Fellowship Fund, captures the all-consuming nature of addiction. Dimmock’s work has been seen in the Fader and New York magazine, and she has worked on assignment for Newsweek, Time, Fortune, The New York Times Magazine, and its sports edition, Play. Based in Brooklyn, Dimmock is currently completing a project documenting miners in Pennsylvania.

Brenda Ann Kenneally’s work has been featured in The New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, and Ms. magazine, among other publications. Her essay "Money Power Respect," which documents the causes, effects, and economy of the use and sale of illegal drugs in her Brooklyn neighborhood, has received the support of the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund, the Mother Jones Documentary Fund, the Nikon Sabbatical Grant, and the Open Society Institute. Kenneally was a Soros Criminal Justice Media Fellow, and she attended the University of Miami where she earned a BS in sociology and photojournalism. She also has an MA in studio art from New York University.

Logan Hill is a Contributing Editor and film critic at New York Magazine and a columnist at Nerve.com. He has written for I.D., The Nation, NY Press, New York Post, Poets & Writers, Rolling Stone, The Village Voice, Wired, and others.

As an editor at The Fader from 2000-2005, Knox Robinson defined the magazine's editorial voice with a fresh, distinct urban style whether filing stories from around the globe - reporting firsthand on the violent, poverty-fueled funk music of Brazil's favelas, trailing the elusive commandos of the Zapatista rebellion in the mountainous rainforests of Mexico, investigating the mysticism of Puerto Rico's African settlements, uncovering musical myths on the city streets of Lagos, Nigeria-or interviewing celebrities on the verge such as Outkast and the White Stripes.

The Stoop Series has been coordinated in conjunction with DUMBO’s First Thursday Gallery Wall, a monthly event during which participating galleries and studios throughout this vibrant arts neighborhood are opened to the public from 5:30 to 8:30 pm. In-kind contributions for the Stoop Series have been generously provided by Brooklyn Brewery and powerHouse Books.

The Rotunda Gallery presents contemporary art, public events and an innovative arts education program. The Gallery’s aim is to increase the visibility and accessibility of contemporary art while bridging the gap between the art world and global culture in Brooklyn and the world beyond. The Rotunda Gallery is the visual arts program of BRIC/Brooklyn Information & Culture, which presents media, performing and visual arts programming reflective of Brooklyn’s diverse communities.

Located in Brooklyn Heights, just over the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges, the Gallery is a short walk from the 2,3; 4,5; M; or R trains at Court Street/Borough Hall; or the A, C trains at High Street.