Human Rights Watch: ?Unreported Stories? Photo Exhibit

Human Rights Watch: ?Unreported Stories? Photo Exhibit Human Rights Watch will present a photography exhibition, ?Unreported Stories,? with the award-winning photographer Brent Stirton of Reportage by Getty Images. "Stirton's arresting images gave Human Rights Watch the extraordinary opportunity to show the human faces behind our reports of abuse," said Veronica Matushaj, director of photography and video at Human Rights Watch. Stirton's career history as an investigative photographer, committed to in depth work on critical issues related to the environment, natural resources, conflict, and health, has made him an exceptional partner for Human Rights Watch. The joint effort on the Porgera gold mine, published in an online multimedia report, "Gold's Costly Dividend,"won a Peabody Award for excellence in electronic media in April 2012. Stirton joined forces with Human Rights Watch to uncover two hidden human rights stories. The other explored the lack of justice for abuses committed during a little-known conflict between a local militia and state security forces in Kenya's Mt. Elgon region. His work on HIV/AIDS in the Ukraine drew renewed attention to an increasingly neglected crisis. Stirton was also recognized in 2012 with two World Press Photo Awards. The exhibit will be in the Frieda and Roy Furman Gallery in the Walter Reade Theater, 165 West 65th Street, plaza level, between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenues. Human Rights Watch: ?Unreported Stories? Photo Exhibit Trade News selected by Local Linkup on 07/06/2012