"Before the Eyes of the World"

Projection of Photographs of Darfur from 15 to 22 March 2007, curated by DARFUR/DARFUR

"Before the Eyes of the World. Projection of Photographs of Darfur" on the Museum façade
© Jewish Museum Berlin, photo: Thomas Bruns

The architect Leslie Thomas succeeded in securing the support of eight well-known photographers - Lynsey Addario, Mark Brecke, Hélène Caux, Ron Haviv, Paolo Pellegrin, Ryan Spencer Reed, Michal Ronnen Safdie, and Brian Steidle - for a project documenting the humanitarian crisis in Darfur. This resulted in a remarkable and moving series of photographs recording the violation of human rights and the suffering of Darfur's population. The photographers and curators of the DARFUR/DARFUR organization laid great emphasis on preserving the dignity and individuality of their photographic subjects.

More than 170 of these photographs, taken primarily in 2004/05, will be projected onto three 30m² screens on the Museum façade each night of the campaign week from 7 pm. The digital photographic exhibition was shown at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. in November 2006 and will be on show in Europe for the first time at the Jewish Museum. The exhibition will be shown in a further 23 towns in the course of 2007, among them Boston, Toronto, and Cape Town.

When: 15 to 22 March 2007, 7 to 10 pm
Wo: façade of the Jewish Museum Berlin, Lindenstr. 9-14, 10969 Berlin

Credits & Copyrights for
"Before the Eyes of the World"

Photos:
Lynsey Addario (biography)
Mark Brecke (biography)
Hélène Caux (biography)
Ron Haviv (VII) (biography)
Paolo Pellegrin (Magnum) (biography)
Ryan Spencer Reed (Group M35) (biography)
Michal Ronnen Safdie (biography)
Brian Steidle (biography)

Editing:
Sharon Hughes, Matthew Jacob

Music:
»Umri M Bansa« by Abdel Gadir Salim
© World Circuit Records
»Ollin Arageed« by Hamza El Din (ASCP)
© Eclipse (Rykodisc), 2007 Nubiana Publishing Co
»Hadada« by Rasha Shekheldein Jibril, Album Sudaniyat INT. 32142, 1997
© with kind permission of Nubenegra, Madrid, www.nubenegra.com
»The Tortoise's Song« by Khalifa Ould Eide & Dimi Mint Abba
© World Circuit Records

Curated by:
Leslie Thomas
Co-curators: Daniela Hrzic, Alexandra Kerr, Kevin Martin, Jane Sachs

Sponsors:
Global Grassroots, Save Darfur Coalition