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Stay informed with periodic news and announcements from the Documentary Photography Project.

Exposing Statelessness: Understanding the Plight of Burma's Rohingya
OSI-New York
May 27, 2010
Using Saiful Huq Omi’s photographs and a recent report from Physicians for Human Rights as a point of departure, this panel will explore the impact of statelessness on the Rohingya, a Muslim ethnic minority in western Burma.

Off-Broadway Play Features Work by Moving Walls Photographer Donna DeCesare
April 28, 2010
Using images by photojournalist Donna DeCesare, this play tells the harrowing tale of 14-year-old Edgar Chocoy, who fled Guatemala's deadly gangs, and his legal struggle to be allowed to stay in the United States.

Call for Proposals: Moving Walls 18 Documentary Photography Exhibition
April 5, 2010
The Open Society Institute invites photographers and artists to submit a proposal and completed body of work for consideration in the Moving Walls 18 group exhibition.

Call for Proposals: Documentary Photography Audience Engagement Grant
April 5, 2010
The Open Society Institute Documentary Photography Project offers support for alternative models of presenting and disseminating documentary photography to the public.

Expanding the Circle: The Engaged Photographer
January 20, 2010
video VIDEO  
Photographer and Open Society Institute co-curator Susan Meiselas discusses documentary photography's potential to engage audiences by "expanding the circle of knowledge" about human rights and social justice issues.

Seeking Accountability for Torture—Photography as Evidence
OSI-New York
June 3, 2009
slideshow AUDIO
Panelists discuss the photographs of detainee torture, and the role that photography plays in providing accountability for abuses and depicting the human stories behind them.

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