Our World – At War exhibit reveals hope in the midst of despair
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has teamed up with five of the world’s top war photographers to create a new exhibit called Our World – At War. The exhibit, which launches in New York, Geneva and more than 40 countries worldwide beginning on May 8, will premiere at Canada’s War Museum in Ottawa on May 22, before travelling to Toronto and Victoria.
The exhibit offers a unique and first-hand look at what war and armed violence do to people’s lives – from the heartbreaking loneliness of an elderly woman made homeless by last year’s war between Georgia and Russia to the unbridled joy of two brothers reunited after being separated by fighting in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
The images depict the reality and brutality of armed conflict, but they also show that even in the darkest hours of despair there is a sense of hope and pride.
The five photojournalists, James Nachtwey, Ron Haviv, Chris Morris, Franco Pagetti and Antonin Kratochvil, travelled to eight countries, where they met countless displaced families, prisoners, orphaned children, war surgeons, poor and widowed mothers, disabled volunteers, rebel fighters, rape victims, counsellors, midwives and others affected by armed conflict.
The exhibit will travel across Canada as part of the Canadian Red Cross Even Wars Have Limits campaign which aims to educate Canadians on the humanitarian consequences of war. For more information on the role of the Red Cross in conflict please visit http://www.redcross.ca/ewhl.
