Aftermath: War is Only Half the Story

“The end of war does not mean peace. It is simply the end of war, the end of death and destruction. Every story of war includes a chapter that almost always goes untold - the story of the aftermath, which day by day becomes the prologue of the future.”

— Sara Terry, Founder of The Aftermath Project


Aftermath: War is Only Half the Story tells the incredibly moving stories of the people left behind after the cameras have moved on from a war zone. Drawing on photographs from over fifty photographers, these personal and often poetic post-war views unveil not only another side to the devastating effects of war, but also tell the stories of people coming together to rebuild and heal. Aftermath: War is Only Half the Story illumines and defines our humanity, while giving visibility to those coping with the lingering ramifications of conflict.

The exhibition is a ten-year retrospective of the work of the groundbreaking documentary photography program The Aftermath Project. Founded to help change the way the media covers conflict, and to educate the public about the true cost of war and the real price of peace, The Aftermath Project has discovered some of the most groundbreaking photojournalists in the world – as well as internationally acclaimed photographers – working on post-conflict themes.


WORKS
84 framed works

DIMENSIONS
Frame sizes range from 16 x 20 in (40.6 x 50.8 cm) to 20 x 24 in (50.8 x 61 cm)

SPACE REQUIREMENTS
Approximately 300 linear ft (90 linear m)

INQUIRIES
exhibitions@curatorial.org | 626.577.0044

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING
Curator available for lectures / panel discussions

FEE
$10,000 for an eight-week period

EXHIBITION SCHEDULE
Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
(12 October 2019 - 19 January 2020)

Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI
(08 February - 07 April 2019)

Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles, CA
(22 June - 19 August 2018)


CURATOR BIOGRAPHIES
Sara Terry is an award-winning documentary photographer and filmmaker. She is also the Founder and Artistic Director of The Aftermath Project, a non-profit grant and educational program that supports photographers covering post-conflict stories and disseminates their work. The Aftermath Project develops new conversations in the photojournalism and documentary photography worlds about the importance of aftermath issues. An accomplished speaker on aftermath and visual literacy issues, her lectures include the TedX talk “Storytelling in a Post-Journalism World”.

Teun van der Heijden is a graphic designer and co-founder of Heijdens Karwei, a graphic design agency, and a professor of Visual Design and Hybrid Media at the LUCA School of Arts in Genk, Belgium.


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PUBLICATION
War is Only Half the Story: Ten Years of the Aftermath Project
(Dewi Lewis Publications, 2017)
With poems by Nobel Laureate Wislawa Szymborska, texts by Clare Cavanagh, Donald Weber and Sara Terry and photographs by more than forty Aftermath Award winners.

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REVIEWS
Michigan Herald-Palladium, Ralph Heibutzki, 07 February 2019
South Bend Tribune, Becky Malewitz, 07 March 2019
The Guardian, 05 February 2018


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