Credit: © Tomas Munita, The New York Times
Cercle Cité, in partnership with the Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography (FEP) and the New York Times, has organised the exhibition "Hard Truths: An exhibition of prize-winning photography from The New York Times", running from 22 November 2018 to 27 January 2019.
This exhibition showcases the work of photojournalists from The New York Times, whose work exposes the truth and often involved great peronal risk on the part of the artist. Facing sniper fire or tear gas or other risks, these photojournalists stop at nothing to capture these once-in-a-lifetime images that help us understand a complex world and add emotion to contemporary intellectual debates.
The photographers come from Australia, Chile, Iran, Ireland and the United States and they do this work to connect people through time, space and experience. They do it to account for both cruelty and kindness, to report humanity's intense moments. No suffering has ended thanks to the work of these photographers. But it has been expressed.
It should be noted that some of the photographs featured in this exhibition are likely to upset younger visitors.
The exhibition opening will take place on 21 November at 18:00 in the presence of curator Arthur Ollman, who will also be offering a free guided tour of the exhibition in English at 12:30, along with Whitney Richardson, the Global Events Manager of The New York Times. Guided tours in English, Luxembourgish and French will also take place every Saturday at 15:00.
Also in the framework of the exhibition, taking place 22 November to 27 January from 11:00-19:00, will be a public round table around the question "How do images shape the news? Debate on photography in the media" on 14 January 2019 at 18:30 at the Cercle Cité. The debate will take place in French.
Admission to the exhibition and round table is free of charge.
