Documentary Photography Project Announces Moving Walls 18 Photographers

The Open Society Institute Documentary Photography Project is pleased to announce the photographers included in its Moving Walls 18 exhibition.  The exhibition will open on March 16, 2011, in the OSI New York City office and move to the Washington, D.C., office in November 2011.

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