March 2016 Spotlight
Featured exhibits submitted in February 2016
by Daro Sulakauri/
Georgia
(Ongoing photo project on early marriages in Georgia). The Kakheti and Adjara regions of Georgia have one of the highest rates of early marriage in Europe. It is most common among religious and ethnic minorities. In villages, large numbers of girls drop out of school to be married.
by Salym Fayad/
Mali
In early 2013, a French military intervention put an end to an 11-month long Islamist occupation of northern Mali. Extremist groups had tried to establish a brutal regime based on a strict interpretation of Islamic law. Most of the militants were expelled from the main cities, but the aftermath...
by Kristin Lau/
Nepal
This series offers a glimpse of Nepal six months after the 7.8 magnitude (April 25th, 2015) and 7.3 magnitude (May 12th, 2015) earthquakes that devastated the region. In a country that has endured long-term political hardship and instability, a lack of electricity remains one of the biggest barriers...
by Tina Manley/
Guatemala
During the Guatemalan civil war, many Mayan villages in the northwestern highlands were invaded and the men were all killed. Today there are still villages of only widows and orphans in Ixtauhuacan. Children are referred to as orphans if they have lost their fathers. Many women were raped during the...
by John Stratoudakis/
Greece
Almost from the begining of the severe financial crisis, John Stratoudakis captured the daily life and struggle of Alexandros, Tasos, Elias and Thodoris. They are young farmers and breeders from the village of Drakeia on Mount Pelion. Young men with dreams, hopes and wishes like the rest of their ...
