February 26 Social Responsibility and Photojournalism Explored Through a Lens on Iraq

Perhaps this falls into the category of wishing we didn't know now, what we didn't know then. Photojournalist Joel Preston Smith spent months in Iraq, spanning the time immediately before the 2003 invasion, when its inevitability was clear, and immediately after as well. He documented the everyday lives of ordinary Iraqis. They are ordinary, just like us, and to demonstrate that is the aim of Smith's work. Smith speaks with slides, it's a one night event, sponsored by the Oregon Council for the Humanities. Smith's focus is the responsibility for sensitivity by the documentary photographer in wartime. Maybe a guide to the responsibility for sensitivity in life. At Newspace Photo 1632 SE 10th 7PM Free