Table Quiz - Anti War Photography Exhibition Fundraiser

international | anti-war / imperialism | event notice Monday September 29, 2008 11:31 by Michael Gallagher - Photographer libertypics at yahoo dot ie

Funds needed for an important body of work

Anti War Photography Exhibition Fundraiser
'Images of Resistance -inside and outside of Iraq.

Table Quiz,
Slatterys - Capel Street -Dublin 1.
Beside Luas - Ten minutes from Dart.
Friday - 17th October - 8-11pm...quiz starts 9pm sharp
late bar....prizes....music....raffle....food....craic. €6 pp - max 5 per team.
Can you bring a prize for the raffle?

Images of Resistance
inside and outside of Iraq

A selection of images can be seen @
www.flickr.com/photos/libertypics
www.zoriah.net

All images are copyright of the photographers and may not be used in any way
without written permission.

00353 (0)86 404 8249

Gravestones (c) Michael Gallagher

'Images of Resistance -inside and outside of Iraq', is the title of of an anti war photography exhibition that will be shown in the lead up to the US presidential election from October - November 2008, in the Gallery 1199, Manhattan, New York.
This gallery is owned by the SE11 trade union which represents over a million service and health workers (most of them immigrants or descendants of immigrants) in the USA. Recently the union pledged it's support to Barack Obama for the US presidential election.

The main purposes of the exhibition -through the medium of print and slide/dvd photography with audio commentary- is to help raise consciousness and awareness in the public of the opposition to wars, the plight of the people in war torn countries, the real reasons behind wars, to show some of the collateral damage of wars and the situations soldiers find themselves in.
I am in contact with soldiers serving or who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan etc, who's photography will form part of the documentary. We also have some images from Palestine etc included.

Dennis Halliday (who resigned because of the lies from the Bush administration during 'the weapons of mass destruction controversy), the former UN Assistant Secretary-General and ex-UN Humanitarian Co-ordinator for Iraq and/or former US Attorney General, (under the LBJ administration) Ramsay Clarke (who is now an anti war and anti Bush campaigner), will be giving of their time to open the exhibition.
We will show this major work in Limerick (near Shannon airport) 2009 in the lead up to the local council elections, in Dublin and also in other countries involved in wars/arms industry. We hope to influence people in their use of their vote and provide updated information on current conflicts their country has a connection to.

Recently you may have become aware of the problems encountered by one of the photographers, Zoriah Millar after he published some photos of the aftermaths of a suicide bombing in Anwar, Iraq on 26th June, these included images of dead marines. He lost his embed accreditation as a result, he is now working in Gaza.
Below is a link to his website and an article about that controversy on the front page of The Herald Tribune, dated 26th July, which includes one of the photos.

Link to Herald Tribune article, Saturday 26th July. A Sanitised View Of The War.

http://www. iht.com/articles/2008/07/26/africa/embed.php

If you can help out in any way with sponsorship, names of potential sponsors, a donation, advice etc, we would be very grateful.
A detailed list of costs can be had on request.
If you would like to make a donation to the funding of the upcoming exhibitions, you can do so to this account:

Donations gratefully accepted:
Bank of Ireland - Talbot Street - Dublin 1.

Account: 90747246 Sort Code:900711

Many thanks for your time and support.

Kind regards.

Michael.

All images are copyright of the photographers and may not be used in any way without written permission.
Related Link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/libertypics