Topic: Societies in Transition

Topic: Societies in Transition

Man and table in front of water, blue shirt.
Moving Walls 15
Caspian Dreams: Azerbaijan's Uncertain Future
James Pomerantz
A large pile of circuit boards in front of trees.
Moving Walls 13
China
Edward Burtynsky
A man stretching a partially missing arm.
Moving Walls 12
China Obscura
Mark Leong
Two girls sitting in a tree.
Moving Walls 24
Education Is Forbidden
Rahima Gambo
Htein Lin raising his hand with writing on it.
Moving Walls 19
Even Though I’m Free, I Am Not
James Mackay
Man with umbrella in front of dome.
Moving Walls 14
Fault Lines: Turkey East to West
George Georgiou
Collage of nine images with color portrait at center.
Moving Walls 1
Freedom’s Wake
James Nubile
Students at gym class
Moving Walls 21
Goodbye My Chechnya
Diana Markosian
Armchair and antennas on a rooftop, with cityscape in the background
Moving Walls 21
Hong Kong Under China
Mark Leong
Interior of abandoned office, with Greek map on wall.
Moving Walls 21
In Ruins: The Fall of Greek Industry
Nikos Pilos
Buddha amidst rubble.
Moving Walls 17
In the Quiet Land: Life Under the Military Regime of Burma
Christian Holst
Boys in gangster outfits.
Moving Walls 11
Lhasa: The Lost Soul of Tibet
Julien Chatelin
A view of many wooden crates.
Moving Walls 13
Mongolia: The New El Dorado
Carl De Keyzer
A woman kissing a framed icon.
Moving Walls 3
On the Eve: Moscow 1998
Mary Berridge
Swimming pool.
Moving Walls 18
Paradise Rivers
Carolyn Drake
Two groups of people in front of water and a landscape.
Moving Walls 4
Peru: A Parable of Images
John Cohen
Four phones on table
Moving Walls 22
Qaddafi Intelligence Room
Edu Bayer
A row of men standing in the mountains.
Moving Walls 8
The Ferghana Valley: The Troubled Heart of Asia
Jonas Bendiksen
A group of young monks, some in a room, some outside a window.
Moving Walls 2
Tibet
Teru Kuwayama
People holding signs with pictures of missing relatives.
Moving Walls 8
Yuyanapaq (To Remember)
Peru’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Moving Walls is an annual exhibition series that explores a variety of social justice and human rights issues through documentary practice, and is produced by Open Society’s Culture and Art program. Moving Walls is exhibited at our offices in New York, London, and Washington, D.C., and includes five to nine discrete bodies of work.

Since 1998, Moving Walls has featured over 200 photographers and artists whose works address a variety of social justice and human rights issues.

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