Thursday, October 18, 2007

MOVING WALLS: A DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION


<> MOVING WALLS: A DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
A traveling exhibit opening on October 28, 2007 at the Contemporary Image Collective aims to spark debate about the role of documentary photography in effecting social change.

Event Info
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<> MOVING WALLS: A DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
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A traveling exhibit opening on October 28, 2007 at the Contemporary Image Collective aims to spark debate about the role of documentary photography in effecting social change.
Host:
Contemporary Image Collective
Type:
Exhibit
Time and Place
Date:
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Time:
7:00pm - 10:00pm
Location:
Contemporary Image Collective
Street:
20 Safeya Zaghloul Street, off Kasr El Aini Street, Mounira
City/Town:
Cairo, Egypt

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Contact Info
Phone:
0020227941686
Email:
info@ciccairo.com

28 October - 22 November 2007

Recent work by local photographers Osama Dawod and John Perkins will also be exhibited. Dawod’s project focuses on the effects of climate change on Egypt’s northern coast and Perkins looks at foreign workers in Dubai.

The show, Moving Walls: A Documentary Photography Exhibition is sponsored by the Open Society Institute, a private foundation based in New York City, the exhibit will feature the work of seven photographers, selected from over 70 whose photographs appeared in Moving Walls exhibitions in the United States. In conjunction with the exhibition, the Open Society Institute and the Contemporary Image Collective will sponsor a workshop for local photographers taught by Chien-Chi Chang, a member of Magnum Photos. The Open Society Institute will also work with the Association for the Advancement of Education in Cairo on a youth media photography workshop for high school students in Egypt which uses Moving Walls in the curriculum.

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