The Public Humanities @ Western and The Centre for Social Concern (King’s University College) presents Photographer Larry Towell in conversation with Professor Sharon Sliwinski Faculty of Information and Media Studies, Western University Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012 at 1 p.m. Museum London 421 Ridout Street North, London, Ont.

Professor Sliwinski and Larry Towell will discuss Danger and Aftermath, the first public exhibition of Towell’s Afghanistan series in a salon-style installation. Large-scale prints and panoramas create an almost immersive experience, with the content – victims of war, ruins, detainees and insurgents – bringing the current conflict in Afghanistan to life for the viewer. Admission is free and everyone is welcome!

AFGHANISTAN. Charahi Qambar Refugee Camp, Kabul. 2011. Ten year old Gul Juma, a Pashtun who lost her arm as well as two sisters and another relative during the ISAF bombing of her home in Helmand Province.

Photo courtesy of the artist, Larry Towell

Larry Towell: Award-winning Canadian photographer with

Larry Towell is Canada’s first photographer to be associated His fascination with landlessness led him to the Mennonite with Magnum, one of the world’s most prestigious photo migrant workers of and is currently completing a agencies. He completed projects on the Nicaraguan Contra book on the war in Afghanistan. Larry’s photo series have war, on the relatives of the disappeared in , and been exhibited in Europe, the U.S., Canada, and Asia. Among on American War veterans. In 1996, he completed a many other awards, Larry recently received the Paul de project based on ten years of reportage on the civil war in El Hueck and Norman Walford Career Achievement Award for Salvador, followed by two major books on the Palestinians. Art Photography.

The Centre for Social Concern Social Justice & Peace Studies (King’s University College) King’s University College

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