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Seventeen countries from around the globe. Five timely themes: Undocumented immigrants, rising rage in Europe, discrimination against Roma people, abducted Nigerian schoolgirls, the power of  religion and faith. The Bronx Documentary Center hosts an exhibition of the winners of Social Documentary Network’s Call for Entries on Visual Stories Exploring Global Themes until June 7, 2015. The winning  photographers include: Paolo Marchetti (Fever: The Awakening of European Fascism), Aake Ericson (Racism Against Roma People), Michelle Frankfurter (Destino), Glenna Gordon (Abducted Nigerian Schoolgirls) and Jordi Pizarro Torrell (The Believers Project).

A panel of judges selected the five winners out of 100 entries. Judges included: Felicia Anastasia, Founder and Director of Anastasia Photo Gallery, New York; Barbara Ayotte, Director of Strategic  Communications, Management Sciences for Health; Sam Barzilay, Creative Director, United Photo  Industries and Co – Founder,  Photoville; Alice Gabriner, International Photo Editor, Time Magazine; Molly Roberts, Chief Photography Editor, Smithsonian Magazine; Glenn Ruga, Founder and Director, Social Documentary Network; Jeffrey D. Smith, Executive Director, Contact Press Images; and Jamie Wellford, Former International Photo Editor, Newsweek.

We wanted the real stuff  — messy, awkward, jubilant, filled with contradictions, want of answers, but the  stuff that the world is made up of everywhere, every day. These five exhibits courageously portray some of the most difficult aspects of the human condition: fascism, racism, undocumented  immigration, and abduction of innocent schoolgirls. One of the projects documents how religion and faith has connected communities  for decades. This work gives  us greater insight and compassion into our world to protect human dignity. All of the selected  photographers’ work possesses strong imagery and quality writing — both critical components of storytelling “, said Glenn Ruga, SDN Founder and Director.

First Place
Paolo Marchetti

FEVER: The Awakening of European Fascism
This exhibit is the first chapter of a five  years long photographic and sociological quest  which turned into a first  hand experiment – to better understand a feeling that has grown to dominate the public arena in the age in which we live: rage. I decided to focus on its role as fuel in the political life of four European countries: Italy, Hungary, Finland and Germany.
Paolo Marchetti

• Honorable Mentions
Aake Ericson
Racism Against Roma People
In this exhibit, Ericson covers the poor living conditions of the Roma in Europe. This is a long-term project by Ericson involving eight countries. Ericson is a professional photojournalist based in Sweden with over 30 years of experience.
• Michelle Frankfurter
Destino
Meaning both “destination” and  “destiny” in Spanish,  Destino portrays the perilous journey of undocumented Central American migrants along the network of freight trains across Mexico with the  hope of finding a better life in the United States. Born in Jerusalem, Michelle Frankfurter is a documentary photographer, currently living in Takoma Park, Maryland.
• Glenn Gordon
Abducted Nigeria Schoolgirls
In April 2014, nearly 300 schoolgirls were kidnapped from a remote village in Northern Nigeria by the  Islamic group  Boko Haram. Despite global outrage, little has been done by the Nigerian government to  bring them back. These images are of their school uniforms, books, and other objects — the things they  left behind, the last traces, and the only way we can see the missing girls.
• Jordi Pizarro Torrell
The Believers Project
The Believers is a body of documentary work that explores the question of why people believe, and how  religion has , through the ages , been used to narrate the purpose of our existence.  It  explores religious  communities in 10 countries across  four continents. Pizarro seeks to document and  understand how  communities are formed through religion , how beliefs are reinforced through preserving traditions and  faith is strengthened through  rituals and the sharing of a common interpretation of truth. Torrell is  originally from Spain and now lives in India.

EXHIBITION
Visual Stories Exploring Global Themes
With Paolo Marchetti, Aake Ericson, Michelle Frankfurter, Glenna Gordon and Jordi Pizarro Torrell
From May 22 to June 7th, 2015
Opening View on May 30 6-9pm
Bronx Documentary Center

614 Courtlandt Avenue
NY 10451 New York
United States
http://www.bronxdoc.org/

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