IRIS NIGHTS : War is Only Half the Story: A Conversation with Sara Terry and Louie Palu (10/29)

Both acclaimed photojournalists, Terry and Palu will be discussing issues relevant to photojournalism, their experiences covering global conflict and their work on The Aftermath Project. “The Aftermath Project is a non-profit organization committed to telling the other half of the story of conflict — the story of what it takes for individuals to learn to live again, to rebuild destroyed lives and homes, to restore civil societies, to address the lingering wounds of war while struggling to create new avenues for peace.



Sara Terry has spent five years documenting the aftermath of the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Hercegovina in “Aftermath: Bosnia’s Long Road to Peace” which PDN magazine recognized as one of the best photo books in 2005.



Louie Palu is a photojournalist for some 20 years and spent the last few years covering the war in Afghanistan. His 15-year project on hard rock miners in Canada won the Critical Mass Book Award in 2005. He is the 2008 grant winner of the Aftermath Project which Sara started a few years ago.

The Aftermath Project holds an annual grant competition open to working photographers covering the aftermath of conflict. The Project seeks to help broaden the public’s understanding of the true cost of war— and the real price of peace — through international traveling exhibitions and educational outreach in communities and schools.

Thursday Oct 29, 2009 6:30- 8 pm (Currently all booked up but they accept stand bys)

Annenberg Space for Photography
2000 Avenue of the Stars
Los Angeles, CA 90067
tel: 213.403.3000

By the way, the current exhibition "Picture of the Year International" is drawing to a close. Nov. 1st is the last day.