Masked women take a break after shopping at the weekly open-air market.
Here are some exciting programs I'm doing over the next couple of months:
*NOVEMBER*
As part of Foto Week DC and the Newseum's exhibition on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the pictures I shot for LIFE Magazine are showing on the forty-foot Atrium screen.
>>This slide show runs continuously on a loop for the duration of the Berlin exhibit: www.newseum.org/news/news.aspx?item=nh_BERL091103&style=f
Saturday, November 7 at 2-5p.m.:
Foto Week DC and Lucien Perkins have organized a wonderful event called the Fotoweek Lecture Series at the Katzen Arts Center of American University featuring 3 photographers.
>>At 4 p.m. I'll be giving a slide show of my National Geographic book Windows of the Soul, as well as a selection from the fall of the Berlin Wall: http://fotoweekdc.org/events/listing.aspx?id=233
Tuesday, November 10:
I'll be in New York City as a guest at the Women for Women Awards Gala where a selection of my recent Bosnia story for ELLE magazine will be projected.
Friday, November 13 at 2 pm:
In Miami I'll be doing a slide show/lecture and book signing at
Florida International University/School of International and Public Affairs, Middle East Studies Program!
>>Here are the details: news.fiu.edu/2009/10/renowned-photojournalist-alexandra-avakian-to-speak-at-fiu/
Saturday, November 14 at 11:30 am:
I'll be presenting a slide show and signing books at
The Miami Book Fair!
>>More info: www.miamibookfair.com/events/alexandra_avakian_on_em_my_journeys_in_t.aspx
*DECEMBER*
Wednesday Dec 2:
At the International Center of Photography in New York City I'll be doing a slide show/book signing of Windows of the Soul: www.icp.org/site/c.dnJGKJNsFqG/b.886227/k.9EDD/Lectures_amp_Public_Programs.htm
Thursday Dec 3, 6:30 - 8:30pm:
See me at Columbia University's Davis Auditorium in New York City.
>>More info: www.columbia.edu/cu/cssr/davis_directions.html
Thanks a lot and see you soon!
