Guatemalan Photo Exhibit
Now - Spring 2005Nationwide
Refugees Even After Death: A Quest for Truth, Justice and Reconciliation
This traveling exhibition of color photographs reveals the tragic history of Guatemala from the early 1980’s to the present. Within the context of a 36-year civil war, state security forces carried out repression and genocide, murdering over 200,000 civilians. Efforts on the part of organizations and dedicated individuals in the search for truth, justice and reconciliation have continued to be subject to state impunity and human rights violations.
The photographer, and organizer of this exhibition, Jonathan Moller, worked in Guatemala for six years, most recently as staff photographer for the Forensic Anthropology team of the Office of Peace and Reconciliation of the Quiché Catholic Diocese. His photographs have been widely exhibited and collected, and have been published in numerous books and magazines.
Our Culture is Our Resistance
Repression, Refuge and Healing in Guatemala
Photographs by Jonathan Moller
Preface by Rigoberta Menchú Tum
Essays by Ricardo Falla, Francisco Goldman and Susanne Jonas
Prose and poetry by Humberto Ak'abal, Heather Dean, Julia Esquivel Eduardo Galeano and Francisco Morales Santos
Testimonies by survivors of Guatemala's brutal civil war
The author's royalties from this book will be donated to the Association for Justice and Reconciliation in Guatemala
Our Culture is Our Resistance is a book of photographs, testimonies, poems and essays based on Jonathan Moller's decade of work with communities uprooted by the war in Guatemala, and features portraits taken of these people between 1993 and 2003.
The publication is intended to shed light on the recent history of the Maya indigenous peoples who were uprooted and terrorized during their Guatemala's protracted civil war. It speaks of the repression and genocide that took place in the 1980's, and the work for truth and reconciliation being done today within a continued context of impunity and human rights violations. These images reveal stories of life and death, of hope and despair, and of struggles for survival, respect, and truth.
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| December 1-30, 2004 | Unitarian Gallery 4501 Walnut Kansas City, MO 64111 M, W, TH, F 9-4 & Sun 7-3 Reception and tabling on Dec. 5 1-3 pm |
Kara Erickson, Coordinator AIUSA Group #115 bkerickson@planetkc.com |
| January- March 2005 | DePaul University Main Library Chicago, IL |
María Isabel Ochoa Center for Latino Research DePaul University mochoa@depaul.edu |
| Fall 2004 or Spring 2005 (Not confirmed) |
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland |
Bill Bollinger Alumni Relations Coordinator 800-548-5481 Alumni@jhu.edu |
| Fall 2004 or Spring 2005 (Not confirmed) |
Stanford University Stanford, CA |
Dr. James Fox Assoc. Prof. Dept. of Anthropological Sciences Stanford University Jim.fox@stanford.edu Caroline Schultz Program Director Center for LA Studies 650-725-038 caroline.Schultz@stanford.edu |
This exhibition was made possible in part through the generous support of Rights Action, the Daniele Agostino Foundation and Amnesty International USA. The photographer would also like to acknowledge the invaluable assistance provided by the Office of Peace and Reconciliation of the Quiché Diocese in Guatemala.
For a brochure and other information, or to learn how to host the exhibition, please contact Jonathan Moller: jonas@igc.org