Shifting Sands - An exhibition from Guy Martin
Tuesday, 10 January 2012
(4)Guy Martin - Cairo 11.02.2011
People from all over Egypt descend on Tahrir Square, Cairo, at the news Hosni Mubarak had resigned as President of Egypt, 11 February 2011. Image by Guy Martin
Guy Martin - Libya
Two boys from the eastern coastal town of Tobruck, Libya, relax and play on the shores of the Mediterranean, April 2011. Detail of image by Guy Martin
Guy Martin - The Missing
Images from The Missing - The Search for Libya's Lost Generation by Guy Martin
University College Falmouth's School of Media & Performance is currently presenting an exhibition of photographs taken by Guy Martin while on assignment in Egypt and Libya during 2011. The exhibition and accompanying events, entitled Shifting Sands, includes a private view, talks and film screenings and runs until Saturday 14 January at The Poly, Falmouth. For full details of the week's events visit: www.falmouth.ac.uk/events
During the spring of 2011, Guy Martin travelled to Egypt and Libya to record the unfolding Arab Spring. On Wednesday 20 April, he was severely injured during a rocket attack by Gaddafi loyalists in the centre of Misrata. Two of Guy's friends and colleagues were killed in the same attack, the co-director of Sundance-winning film Restrepo, Tim Hetherington and Pulitzer finalist Chris Hondros.
For the first time since the attack, and following his lengthy and continuing recovery, University College Falmouth is presenting an exhibition of the work produced by Guy from his time in Egypt and Libya prior to the attack. The photography frames a series of events highlighting the heavy price that can be paid by frontline photojournalists, in the cause of documenting the struggle for freedom.
In remembrance of Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros, proceeds from the week's events will be directed to The Rory Peck Trust, the only organisation in the world dedicated to the safety and welfare of freelance newsgatherers and their families.
Guy is an independent documentary photographer represented by Panos Pictures and an Associate Lecturer in BA(Hons) Press & Editorial Photography at University College Falmouth.
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