Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Congrats to the Open Walls 18! Come to Open Society!

Samantha Box's photograph from her project on LGBTQ




I've been to past shows and I am always blown away with the work.

Here's the location:

Open Society Foundations
400 West 59th Street
New York, NY 10019, U.S.A.
Tel. 1-212-548-0600
Fax. 1-212-548-4600

At  5:30 pm to 8 pm 

Moving Walls is a documentary photography exhibition produced by the Open Society Institute that features in-depth and nuanced explorations of human rights and social issues.  These images provide the world with human rights evidence, put faces onto a conflict, document the struggles and defiance of marginalized people, reframe how issues are discussed publicly, and provide opportunities for reflection and discussion. 

The Moving Walls 18 photographers join an illustrious roster of over 100 documentary photographers featured in the exhibition since 1998. Through Moving Walls, OSI honors the brave and difficult work that these photographers have undertaken while visually highlighting the mission of our foundation to staff and visitors.

Work was selected through an open competition process. Over 200 submissions were received and final selections were made by a committee of foundation staff and the exhibit curators, Susan Meiselas and Stuart Alexander.

Moving Walls 18 Photographers

  • Samantha Box: LGBTQ homeless youth in New York City
  • Gabriela Bulisova: Iraqi translators in exile in the United States
  • Benedicte Desrus: Anti-gay and LGBTI rights movements in Uganda
  • Andrea Diefenbach: Labor migration from Moldova
  • Carolyn Drake: Amu Darya and Syr Darya Rivers and the cotton harvest in Central Asia
  • Abdi Roble: Somali diaspora in the United States
  • Tadej Žnidarcic: Portraits and interviews of gay and lesbian individuals in Uganda
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1 comment:

joe medina said...

Thank you for your post .. living as a photographer in small az border town accessibilty to the art and culture info is practically non-exsistent ...