Moving Walls

Person hiding their face in a shirt.

Moving Walls 20

    Borderland: North Korean Refugees

    Katharina Hesse portrays North Koreans who have fled a repressive regime and entered China. In this work, she juxtaposes black and white portraits of the refugees with color landscapes that reference their border crossings.

    © Katharina Hesse

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    A chair in an empty room.

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      Interrogations

      Donald Weber captures the intangible machinations of state power in Ukraine by photographing police interrogation rooms, a setting not often designed for fairness, but to elicit guilty pleas.

      © Donald Weber

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      A couple sits by a river.

      Moving Walls 20

        Traces: Landscapes in Transition on the Yellow River Basin

        In quiet and subtle panoramic landscapes, Ian Teh documents the effects of modern China’s rampant development and assertive economic drive on the Yellow River.

        © Ian Teh/Panos/Agence VU’

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        An exhausted prison guard asleep on a desk.

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          Juveniles Waiting for Justice

          Fernando Moleres documents young men and boys imprisoned with adults and awaiting trial in Sierra Leone’s Pademba Road Prison.

          © Fernando Moleres

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          Two women at a grave.

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            On Revolution Road

            Yuri Kozyrev captures the citizen uprisings in the Arab world, namely in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain, and Libya. In 2012, he returns to several of these countries to record the aftermath of the protests.

            © Yuri Kozyrev/NOOR

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            Highlights of Collections

            An elderly woman viewed through a vehicle window.
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            Farewell to Bosnia
            Gilles Peress
            Four teenage girls outside with a stroller.
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            Beyond Grand Street, Brooklyn, New York
            Régina Monfort
            A man surrounded by burnt wood.
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            Darfur in Exile
            Lynsey Addario
            A large group of Muslim men.
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            The Silence of “Others”
            Bharat Choudhary

            Moving Walls is an annual documentary photography exhibition produced by the Open Society Foundations Documentary Photography Project. Moving Walls is exhibited at our offices in New York and Washington, D.C., and includes five to seven discrete bodies of work.

            Since its inception in 1998, Moving Walls has featured over 170 artists whose works address a variety of social justice and human rights issues that coincide with the Open Society mission.

            Are You a Photographer?

            Prospective candidates for inclusion in Moving Walls should check back in late 2013 for details on the next call for submissions.

            How to apply

            Plan a Visit

            The Moving Walls 20 exhibit is open free-of-charge to the public from May 8 through December 13, 2013.

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