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Open Society Documentary Photography Project Announces Moving Walls 19 Photographers
The Open Society Foundations Documentary Photography Project is pleased to announce the photographers included in its Moving Walls 19 exhibition. The exhibition will open to the public on December 1, 2011, in the Foundations’ New York City office and move to the Washington, D.C., office in fall 2012.
Since 1998, Moving Walls has featured over 100 photographers whose work embodies the values of the Open Society Foundations. The exhibition recognizes the brave and difficult work that photographers undertake globally in their documentation of complex social and political issues. Their 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. Through Moving Walls, the Foundations honor this work while visually highlighting the mission of our foundation to staff and visitors.
Approximately 400 applications were received this year. Each portfolio was carefully reviewed by the Documentary Photography Project staff, with the final decision being made by a selection committee comprised of Open Society Foundations staff and the show’s curators, Susan Meiselas and Stuart Alexander.
Moving Walls 19 Photographers
- Bharat Choudhary, Muslim Experience in the United States and Western Europe
- Greg Constantine, Stateless Nubians in Kenya
- Rena Effendi, Environmental Degradation in Azerbaijan
- Wyatt Gallery, Tent Communities in Post-Earthquake Haiti
- James Mackay, Political Exiles and Prisoners in Burma
- Pete Muller, Mobile Gender Courts in the Democratic Republic of Congo
- John Willis, The Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota
