Exhibit of Moving Walls 10 Photographers Opens in Washington

The work of three of the photographers from Moving Walls 10, OSI's documentary photography exhibit, will be on view beginning December 8 at OSI’s Washington, D.C., office. The exhibit first opened at OSI-New York in March 2005, and encompasses a range of significant topics including Iraq, families and poverty, and HIV/AIDS and drug treatment.

Nina Berman's “Purple Hearts” documents American soldiers wounded in Iraq. By showing us the human cost of war on an intimate scale, Berman’s portraits undermine any illusion that war is quick and bloodless.

“The Fire Within,” John Ranard’s images of injection drug users in Russia and Ukraine—many of whom are teenagers—gives attention to the burgeoning HIV epidemic in a region that has so far done little to stop it.

Steven Shames's “Dads” counters the stereotype of low-income fathers as deadbeat dads. Enrolled in parenting programs that provide them with job skills and self-esteem, the men in his photographs play an active role in their children's lives.

OSI-Washington, D.C., will host an opening reception for the exhibition on December 8, from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. To attend, please RSVP by December 1.

The exhibit is open to the public during regular business hours from December 8 through August 2006, at OSI-Washington, 1120 19th Street NW, 8th Floor, Washington, DC.

Moving Walls, a travelling photographic exhibition series sponsored by the Open Society Institute, is an artistic interpretation of the struggles of people committed to tearing down the barriers of political oppression, economic instability and racism. The documentary photographs reflect the transitional conditions of open societies and the promotion and maintenance of democratic values. Moving Walls was established by the Open Society Institute in 1997. The work included is selected, by committee, from a number of submitted portfolios.