British photographer Giles Duley presented a new series of works called The Things They Carried. Duley's photo diary from Ukraine during 2021-2024 was also presented.
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- The exhibition of the British photographer Giles Duley presented a series of works, The Things They Carried, and a photo diary from Ukraine from 2021-2024.
- The famous actress Angelina Jolie attended the exhibition, paying attention to the powerful photographs of mine and UXOs.
- The exhibition by photographer Giles Duley aims to raise awareness of mine action and support for those affected by war.
- Giles Duley actively documents the impact of landmines and UXOs on civilian populations worldwide, presenting work decades after military conflicts.
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The British photographer hosted an evening at which he presented a new series of works titled The Things They Carried. The famous actress Angelina Jolie also attended the exhibition.
These powerful large format photographs of landmines and UXO’s challenge our understanding and relationship with war and its lethal legacy, says the photographer.
Duley's photo diary from Ukraine 2021-2024 was also presented with these works.
Depictions of violence and photos from the frontline allow for a personal insight into the lives of those living in wartime.
World-known photographer Giles Duley ran an exhibition in Kyiv
The Museum of History of Kyiv opened an exhibition by UK photographer Giles Duley, timed for International Mine Safety Awareness Day.
The author of the photos is the photographer Giles Duley, the UN Commissioner for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the Context of War and Peacebuilding.
The purpose of the exhibition, according to the museum's statement, is to raise awareness of mine action and support for victims of mine and explosive activity through a collection of a mosaic of experiences — from a professional pyrotechnician to a veteran, from a medical worker to a technological innovator.
Giles Duley is a British portrait and documentary photographer, chef and writer. For over 20 years, he has been documenting the impact of landmines and unexploded ordnance on civilians around the world, often decades after wars have ended, in countries such as Angola, Cambodia, Laos, Lebanon, Iraq, Vietnam, Colombia, Lebanon, Iraq and Vietnam.
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