In partnership with the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) HOPE exhibition, Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar presents The Power of Images – a lecture and debate with National Geographic photographer Reza today, December 11 at 6pm at the atrium at VCUQatar. The event is open to the public.
Reza is one of the best-known photojournalists on the international scene. Forced into exile from Iran in 1981, he lives in Paris and has been travelling the world for 30 years.
Photojournalist for National Geographic since 1991, Reza has crisscrossed more than 100 countries, photographing conflicts, revolutions and human catastrophes. His eyewitness testimony has been distributed through international media (including National Geographic, Time, Stern, Newsweek, El Pais, Paris-Match, Géo), and in books, exhibitions and documentaries by his own agency, Webistan, created in 1992.
HOPE presents 80 photographs – including several created exclusively for the WISE publication Learning a Living: Radical Innovation in Education for Work. These prints, presented as diptychs and triptychs, tell many stories from many parts of the world, ranging from the Panjshir Valley of Afghanistan to the River Amur in eastern Asia and the heights of Algeria’s Assekrem plateau. “Each image documents a significant life-moment, an encounter with women, men and children whose expressions and gestures speak for the whole of humanity,” says Reza. The Hope exhibition is displayed at the Sheraton Park, Corniche, Doha until December 15.
‘The Power of Images’- a lecture and debate with Reza is presented today at 6pm at the atrium at VCUQatar. The event is open to the public.
The Peninsula
