Sadiq Mahdy (smoking) moved to Baghdad to
join relatives after the first war in Iraq. He is currently
jobless and shown here with his family. His daughter was
named Americas the day U.S. troops entered Baghdad.
Photograph © Jassim Mohhamad

Tammim Salim Hussain working
in the barbershop, Baghdad, Iraq.
Photography © Mustfa Ahmed Yaseen

Viewing the exhibition Photographs by Iraqi Civilians, 2004.

Viewing the exhibition Photographs by Iraqi Civilians, 2004.

Photographs by Iraqi Civilians, 2004
The Arts Atrium Gallery
February 18 – March 7, 2005
Art Building
Department of Visual Arts
Union College
Schenectady, NY 12308
518 388-6714

Photographs by Iraqi Civilians, 2004

The Department of Visual Arts at Union College will be hosting the photography exhibit Photographs by Iraqi Civilians, 2004 from February 18th through March 7th in the Arts Atrium Gallery.

Ten Iraqi civilians were given disposable cameras in April and May of 2004 by the Daylight Community Arts Foundation and asked to revel Iraq as they knew it. This exhibition was recently displayed at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. The New Yorker magazine describes the exhibition as “sublime”. The Los Angeles Times describes the exhibit as “striking” and “Some pictures expose scenes of devastation, such as a family that, along with 500 others, lives in a garbage dump. But the children still play, and life goes on.”

The exhibit consists of 30 exhibition quality ink-jet color prints ranging in size from 16x20 inches to 20x24 inches. The exhibition was curated by PixelPress, funded in part by the Open Society Institute, the Department of Photography & Imaging, New York University Tisch School of the Arts, and based upon a project undertaken by the Daylight Community Arts Foundation.

The Arts Atrium Gallery is located in the Visual Arts Building at Union College, Schenectady, New York, 12308. For more information, please contact (518) 388-6714.

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Gallery shots of the show in the Arts Atrium Gallery

Capital News Nine covering the exhibition

The Daily Gazette 2/27/05 feature article covering the event

Iraqi Civilians at Pixlepress.org

Al Hussein with his friends at recess. Baghdad, Iraq
Photograph © Ahmed Dhiya

Margaret Southwell being interviewed by Capital News Nine about the photography show Photographs by Iraqi Civilians, 2004

WalterYund being interviewed by Capital News Nine about the photography show Photographs by Iraqi Civilians, 2004

Viewing the exhibition Photographs by Iraqi Civilians, 2004.