Wallis Annenberg and the Annenberg Foundation presents at the Annenberg Space for Photography the exhibition REFUGEE, featuring new photographic artworks that illuminate the global refugee crisis. In images created solely 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, with 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 the 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 when they have endured unwelcoming conditions and hostile environments in order to find their new beginnings.
EXHIBITION
REFUGEE
With photographs by Lynsey Addario, Omar Victor, Diop, Graciela Iturbide, Martin Schoeller, and Tom Stoddart.
From April 23rd to August 21st, 2016
Annenberg Space for Photography
2000 Avenue of the Stars
Los Angeles, CA 90067
United States
Wednesday through Sunday: 11 am – 6 pm
Admission is free
http://www.annenbergphotospace.org
