On the occasion of United Nations Day, the Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photographic Award, the International Human Photographic Exhibition "Immigrants", opened in collaboration with the United Nations and the International Council of Photography yesterday at the Dubai Mall. The exhibition presents 55 images of the tragedy of migrants around the world and covers 70 years of displacement, specifically from 1948 to 2018. The exhibition coincides with a similar exhibition displaying the same works in the UN General Assembly building in New York, And that the world is not good, and does not live the best time.
Immigrants The number of international migrants worldwide is 258 million, about 3.4% of the world's population (nearly half of them female). The proportion of immigrants born in developing countries is 72% of the world total, less than half of migrants in developed countries. The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for International Communications, Allison Smail, stressed that the Middle East is a source of refugees and hosts many of them, giving many jobs to migrant workers. She noted that the images in the exhibition cover the human side of these global phenomena, and the personal interactions that reach the public provide the United Nations with a sense that the communities are fully connected. Ali bin Thalith: "The award highlights the various issues affecting humanity in the world." Saeed Al Naboodah: «The opportunity of those who enjoy security and safety to feel the value of what he has in his life». |
Many scenes carried by the images in the exhibition, steals the viewer and intervene in a humanitarian situation, especially with the stories of the displaced, and their migration, in search of safety or livelihoods, and so on. Faces of tired and hungry children, women or men carrying their children on their shoulders, to ensure a better life.
Some images reflect more sad scenes from inside the camps. We see one face of daily suffering in the face of the Syrian child in one of the camps in Turkey, on the streets of Libya, or the children waiting in line to get food in Afghanistan. The divergent time periods of the pictures made them split between colored, black and white in the pictures of the 1950s.
Mr. Ali Bin Thalith, Secretary-General of the Award, said: "The image has a great impact on this era, , The noble humanitarian role that highlights the various issues affecting humanity everywhere. " He added: "The award opened channels of communication with the United Nations, because the award in its annual program there is charitable work, by visiting camp, or communicating with children, or through an exhibition, and we follow the agenda of the state in good year,
He pointed out that «the pictures taken from the archives of the United Nations, and the latter has a huge and frightening archive of humanitarian cases and wars, and a humanitarian duty, the exhibition was placed in front of visitors». He pointed out that «the human side will push the public to see the images in the exhibition, where the number of visitors (Dubai Mall) daily up to 250 thousand», and explained that «the presence of human element in the images will attract the viewer by 80%, and take 30 seconds of time The person in front of the painting is a big profit ».
"This humanitarian exhibition is organized in cooperation with the United Nations, and its importance comes from our being in the year of Zayed and from the exploits of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan," said Saeed Al Naboodah, Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Hamdan Award for Photography. And the presence of the exhibition in a global destination, is a good opportunity to highlight the human dimension of the award, there is a human dimension of rapprochement and tolerance ». He noted that the award had previous initiatives and multiple, and is complete with this exhibition, and it is regrettable that the catastrophes continue and continue, but the exhibition is an opportunity to give those who enjoy security and safety to feel the value of what he has in his life.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the International Council of Photography, James Chung, expressed their happiness to contribute to this great event, which is the gateway to the continent of Asia, carries the slogan of peace through understanding, through the international language, namely photography, explaining that «this is the slogan of the Council always .