Art at Watson - The Power of Faces: Looking at the Global Refugee Crisis

Art at Watson and the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies present an exhibition of documentary photographs by independent humanitarian advocates Daniel Farber Huang and Theresa Menders. The opening will feature light hors d'oeuvres and a short talk by the artists. Copies of the exhibition book will be available for purchase and signing.

In the exhibition, Huang and Menders have harnessed the power of faces through their skillfully executed photographs to remind us of our shared humanity with those displaced by the current international refugee crisis, the worst since the World War II era. Huang and Menders traveled the globe to photograph refugees in camps in Greece, Bangladesh, Mexico and the Ukraine border.

The documentary photographs reveal the appalling conditions of refugee camps in Greece, Bangladesh, Mexico and Poland. But just as meaningfully, the carefully composed, beautifully executed portraits show us the faces of the refugees. They take the subjects outside the context of the refugee camp and portray them in all their humanity.