Film

Biography of a Photo

Two iconic photographs of conflict shape the course of history and inspire a quest for justice.

National Archive

Lost Rolls America

The Lost Rolls America project opens the magical reencounter with the past to anyone who possesses unprocessed film rolls.

Exhibitions (Curator)

Macondo: Memories of the Colombian Conflict (2016)

Lost to History: Covering Conflict in the Age of the Eternal Present (2015)

Books

Conversations on Conflict Photography

In today's image-saturated culture, the visual documentation of suffering around the world is more prevalent than ever. Yet instead of always deepening the knowledge or compassion of viewers, conflict photography can result in fatigue or even inspire apathy. Given this tension between the genre's ostensible goals and its effects, what is the purpose behind taking and showing images of war and crisis?

Millennium Villages Project

The Millennium Villages Project (MVP) grew out of a United Nations summit conference in 2000, where nearly 200 nations agreed on eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)—including reducing child mortality, promoting gender equality, fighting HIV/AIDS, achieving universal primary education, improving maternal health, and reducing extreme poverty and hunger.

Macondo

Macondo: Memories of the Colombian Conflict shows the realities that formed the basis of the conflict in Colombia. Photography by Alvaro Ybarra Zavala.

The Future of Text and Image

The question of the relation between the visual and the textual in literature is at the heart of an increasing number of scholarly projects, and in turn, the investigation of evolving visual-verbal dynamics is becoming an independent discipline. This volume explores these profound literary shifts through the work of twelve talented scholars who study text and image relations in diverse forms and contexts.