Opening Reception: Seen and Unseen
Join us for the opening celebration for a new photography exhibition capturing the lives of New York’s asylum seekers.
Seen and Unseen is a new photography exhibition that explores the question: Who in America has the privilege of being seen without fear? Join us on Monday, November 17 at 6:00 PM ET as we amplify the stories of asylum seekers during the opening reception for the new exhibit by Rudrani Ghosh, policy entrepreneur, Next100.
Ghosh began this project as an endeavor to capture the tender, everyday life of asylum seekers as they navigate shelters, look for jobs, care of their children, and rebuild their lives in a new city. However, with ICE raids and mass deportation on the rise in the United States, it is no longer safe to show the faces of the participants. As a physical embodiment of the forced censorship and erasure of the stories and experiences of these families, the faces in these images were obscured using a photo weaving technique.
The reception will include remarks by Ghosh and light refreshments.
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All public areas of the venue are accessible.
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Presented by Next100 and The Century Foundation.
Notice of Filming and Photography
When you attend this event, you enter an area where photography, audio, and video recording may occur. By entering the event premises, you consent to such recording media and its release, publication, exhibition or reproduction.
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Artist Bio
Rudrani Ghosh is a photojournalist and researcher, focusing on stories of immigration and forced displacement. Prior to Next100, Rudrani spent several years photographing the effects of the climate crisis and forced displacement on communities across Bangladesh and India. Her most recent body of work,“Seen and Unseen”, a long-form photo project exploring who in America has the right to be seen without risk to their safety, is a culmination of her time at Next100.
In addition to her photojournalism work, Rudrani has written extensively about the policy landscape and solutions to the housing crisis and the needs of asylum seekers in New York for Next100. Read more of her work here and find her photographs at www.rudranighosh.com.