REFUGEE
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“I can’t think of an issue more important and vital than the global refugee crisis. Now more than ever, we need to go beyond superficial readings of this worldwide concern in order to understand its deeply human ramifications.”
—Wallis Annenberg A poignant and timely show, REFUGEE features new photographic artworks that illuminate the global refugee crisis, with images created especially for the exhibition by five internationally acclaimed artists — Lynsey Addario, Omar Victor Diop, Graciela Iturbide, Martin Schoeller, and Tom Stoddart. REFUGEE represents the lives of refugees from a host of diverse populations dispersed and displaced throughout the world, through photographs taken in Bangladesh, Cameroon, Colombia, Croatia, Germany, Greece, Mexico, Myanmar, Serbia, Slovenia, and the United States. |
With the number of displaced people having reached some 60 million globally, according to UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, this timely exhibition will allow audiences to engage with aspects of the plight of refugees not previously encountered, and to reflect on a full range of current global refugee experiences through singular and compelling images. These images humanize the refugees’ struggles to build new homes and peaceful lives while in flight from dehumanizing and life-threatening persecution and deprivation. A core principle of REFUGEE is to present these diverse populations with both dignity and respect, even as they have endured often unwelcoming conditions and hostile environments in order to find their new beginnings.
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CURATED BY
Patricia Lanza, Director of Talent & Content, The Annenberg Space for Photography and Elisabeth Biondi, former Visual Editor of the New Yorker. |
Works in Exhibition:
• 124 Framed Prints: 80 commissioned by the Annenberg Space for Photography
• 37 digital images licensed from AP for on-screen display
• 23-minute Documentary Film narrated by Academy Award-winner Cate Blanchett
• Virtual Reality (VR) Experience:
• Activity Guide suitable for children ages 5-9
Rental fee: Please contact for information
• 124 Framed Prints: 80 commissioned by the Annenberg Space for Photography
• 37 digital images licensed from AP for on-screen display
• 23-minute Documentary Film narrated by Academy Award-winner Cate Blanchett
• Virtual Reality (VR) Experience:
- Vision Workshop intro film: 5-minutes
- VR Film “Vision”: 6-min
- 19 images taken by Lynn Johnson for Vision Workshop
• Activity Guide suitable for children ages 5-9
Rental fee: Please contact for information
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