Emily Schiffer

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www.emilyschiffer.com

Carrying History

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Location: Brooklyn, NY

Nationality: USA

Biography: Emily Schiffer is a photographer and mixed media artist interested in the intersection between art, community engagement, and social change. She is a Co-founder and Creative Director of We, Women , the largest social impact photography... read on

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Updated 12/05/16

Archived as Aging, Black and White, Borders, Candid, Children, Civil Wars, Community, Conceptual, Confrontation, Dictatorship, Discrimination, Documentary, Dying/Death, Editorial, Emotion, Environment, Environmental, Family, Fear, Fine Art, Freedom, Genocide, Health/Healing, Historical, Holocaust, Hope, Human Rights, Immigration, Isolation, Landscape, Loss, Love, Migration, Militias, Oppression, Personal, Photography, Photojournalism, Portraiture, Sorrow, Travel, Violence, War, Water, Youth

Recently, the Danube region has seen war, sanctions, invasions, occupations, and communist rule. This work examines how ordinary people carry these complex histories, and explores the environment as a vessel for memory.

This work was produced during "Danube Revisited: The Inge Morath Truck Project"

More images are available upon request.

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