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Dream of Humanity
Reza Deghati

Dream of Humanity

Along the banks of the river Seine, a giant photographic panorama (extending some 380 meters), will invite viewers to reflect on humanity's need for universal dialogue and solidarity. The photographs presented are by Reza, Ali Bin Thalith and by Syrian refugee children themselves. Opposite the Musee d'Orsay, Paris Until October 12, 2015

Photos
31
Status
Public
Created
Oct 05, 2015
Updated
Feb 11, 2022
Categories
Visual Stories Photojournalism

Photos (31)

During the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (1979-1989), an old Afghan man in exile reads the Koran, seated on a bed in the middle of the mountains at the Afghan-Pakistani border. Afghanistan, 1983.
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Near Mirador de Los Cuchumatanes, Guatemala, December 18, 2012.
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Afghanistan, Tora Bora village, 2004
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Pakistan.
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In front of the American embassy. Tehran, Iran, November 1979.
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Two Kurdish boys cross a road, carrying the frame of a television screen. Dogubayazit, Kurdistan/Turkey, 1993.
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Sahar Dehghan, an Iranian sufi dancer. Etretat, France, 2008.
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Portrait of Commander Massoud (1953-2001) during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (1979-1989). Afghanistan, Panjshir Valley, 1985.
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Cambodia, child soldier.
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Portrait of a Hutu refugee, traumatized by the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. Rwanda. Kibuye, 1996.
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During the Rwandan Genocide, a group of refugees build a structure for a new building. Burundi. Lake Cyohoha. Maza Camp. 1994.
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Northern Afghanistan, the Moghul Geshlagh refugee camp, November, 2000.
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The despondency of a child in this tent city which is the camp of Kawergosk. This is one of the realities that Amaha Husein wanted to convey.
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A rainy day at the Syrian Refugee Camp in Kawergosk, Kurdistan, Iraq.
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A shelter was constructed overlooking the Kawergosk refugee camp. Hanging ropes are transformed into swings, making this makeshift shelter into a playground.
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All photographs are part of the exhibition "A Dream of Humanity", an outdoor photographic fresco on the banks of Seine river (Paris), with UNHCR and sponsored by HIPA.
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Within the privacy of his tent, a child does his homework after darkness falls over the camp.
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Nights in the camp are lit only by the light of a candle or lantern. Young photographer Maryam Husein created this image of her brother and her two sisters—a glimpse of their intimacy...
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Within the privacy of his tent, a child plays with shadows after darkness falls over the camp. He created this image as part of an assignment Reza had given him: to show the simple gestures and rituals of daily life, by the light of a candle or lamp.
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A game using only hands, improvising a sun (reminiscent of the sun on the Kurdish flag) with some help from her friends. Maya Rostam makes use of backlighting.
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A little rolling stone. This photograph was taken by Deliar Zenal as part of an assignment set by Reza: "to convey movement."
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All photographs are part of the exhibition "A Dream of Humanity", an outdoor photographic fresco on the banks of Seine river (Paris), with UNHCR and sponsored by HIPA.
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Wedding inside the camp.
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Washing up in the morning. Living in a camp is about coping with scarcity in a variety of forms. Water, for example, is rationed. Mohammad Husein created this shot for an assignment given by Reza: to show the simple rituals of everyday life through a personal lens.
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Photograph created as part of the five-year project Exile Voices, launched in December 2013 by Reza to train refugee children in the camps in photography.
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Bread drying
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Pride and hope are the two emotions which young photographer Solin Qasem wished to express when she took this picture among the makeshift tents of the camp.
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The camp reflected in a mirror. Zeraf Rasoul, a young refugee who fled Damascus on August 17, 2013 brought out his mirror as part of an exercise set by Reza: to picture your life in a reflection.
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