© Elizabeth D. Herman
Expositions du 1/11/2012 au 30/11/2012 Terminé
United Photo Industries Gallery 111 Front St. Suite 204 DUMBO Brooklyn France
United Photo Industries Gallery 111 Front St. Suite 204 DUMBO Brooklyn France
A Woman’s War, an ongoing project by Elizabeth D. Herman, explores the post-conflict experiences and struggles of women actively involved in recent conflicts around the world, and who have, since ceasefire, not only had to struggle for equal rights and recognition, but also for their dignity, honor, and idea of womanhood. In learning how conflict has shaped them as mothers, activists, leaders, and more, “A Woman’s War” examines how war affects not only those who experienced it firsthand, but also those they nurture and lead – the next generation – and how, in that way, their struggles live on.
© Elizabeth D. Herman.
Elizabeth D. Herman is a Boston-born freelance photographer and researcher currently based in New York. She spent last year in Bangladesh as a Fulbright Fellow, researching how politics influence the writing of national histories in textbooks. While there, she continued work on a long-term documentary project, “A Woman’s War,” exploring the experiences of female combatants and the impact that war has had on them during and after conflict. In addition to Bangladesh, she has completed chapters in Vietnam, on female members of the North Vietnamese Army in Vietnam, in Egypt, on female revolutionaries involved in the recent political and social uprisings there, in Bosnia, on women involved in all sides of the war that broke out in 1992 following the breakup of the former Yugoslavia, and in Northern Ireland, with women on all sides of the decades-long conflict there.
© Elizabeth D. Herman.
Elizabeth graduated from Tufts University with a B.A. in Political Science and Economics in 2010. She was active in the Institute for Global Leadership’s photojournalism program, [EXPOSURE], and now serves on the Student Advisory Board of the Institute’s new Program for Narrative and Documentary Practice, founded and directed by Gary Knight. Her work has been exhibited in a number of group shows in Boston, New York, and DC, as well as at a solo show at Shadhona Studios in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Her research and photography have been featured in The New York Times, National Public Radio's "All Things Considered," GlobalPost, The Daily Beast, the Independent (Bangladesh), Warscapes, and FotoVisura, and her images from Bangladesh are to be published in the forthcoming book by the Aftermath Project, War Is Only Half the Story, Volume V. Elizabeth was a finalist in the 2011 FotoVisura Grant for A WOMAN'S WAR and was part of the FotoVisura Group Show curated by Adriana Letorney at our very own UPI Gallery in June of this year. Elizabeth runs a blog focusing on the importance of narrative and language entitled The Stories We Tell.
Photos et Vignette © Elizabeth D. Herman.