About Moving Walls 14
Moving Walls 14 marks the 10th anniversary of the Open Society Foundations' group photography exhibition. Over the years, Moving Walls has featured more than 100 photographers and examined timely and significant human rights, humanitarian, and social justice issues: the break-up of the Soviet Union; wars in Bosnia, Afghanistan, and Iraq; the AIDS epidemic; the growing political influence of Islam; global migration; the rights of minorities; conflict over natural resources; the aftermath of warfare in Latin America during the 1980s; the dramatically flawed U.S. criminal justice system; and the transformation of traditional societies into modern, heavily industrialized nations.
The photographers in Moving Walls 14 continue in this tradition and document issues central to the Open Society’s mission—promoting democratic governance, human rights, and economic, legal, and social reform—that deserve attention yet are often neglected by mainstream media.
Examining everyday life and the dramatically altered rural landscape, George Georgiou captures the effect of rapid modernization and urbanization on Turkey’s national psyche.
In Nigeria, Ed Kashi battled extreme conditions in order to tell the story of half a century of oil exploration and production and its devastating consequences in the Niger Delta.
Through images, the Katrina Media Fellows aim to deepen public understanding of the critical issues laid bare by the hurricane—the failure of public policy and the government’s response; misuse of public funds; the role of private contractors; ineffective clean-up and rebuilding efforts; and the continued impact on residents and the displaced, years after the storm.
Dana Popa’s photographs and interviews explore the situation of women from Moldova who survived sex trafficking and were able to return to their home country.
When most people have all but forgotten the Rwandan genocide, Jonathan Torgovnik uses portraits and text of women raped during the genocide and their subsequent children to remind the world of the legacy and lasting scars that remain as a society attempts to rebuild.