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  • Sun
    11
    Nov
    2012
    Sun
    03
    Feb
    2013

    War / Photography: Images of Armed Conflict and its Aftermath

    10:00 am - 5:00 pm Closed Mondays Sunday open 12:15 - 7:00pmHouston Museum of Fine Arts, Law Building, Mezzanine 1001 Bissonnet Houston, Texas 77005

    News--War-Photography

     WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath gathers together nearly 500 objects, including photographs, books, magazines, albums, and photographic equipment.Images recorded by more than 280 photographers, from 28 nations, span 6 continents and more than 165 years, from the Mexican-American War in the mid-1800s to present-day conflicts. Iconic photographs as well as previously unknown images are featured, taken by military photographers, commercial photographers (portrait and photojournalist), amateurs, and artists.

    After the Houston premiere, WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY travels to the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles; the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC; and the Brooklyn Museum.

  • Wed
    20
    Feb
    2013

    Photographic exhibit: Desarraigos / Uprooting

    9:00 a.m. -5:00 p.m.2nd floor , Department of Communications and Culture Building, The Central American University (UCA) José Simeón Cañas, Bulevar de Los Próceres, La Libertad, El Salvador, Centroamérica

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    The exhibition of 50 photographs, documents moments in the Salvadoran Civil war as well as the impact that uprooting and migration has had on Salvadoran families in both the US and El Salvador. Included are images of the current generation of youth—impacted by this continuing migration story in which the American Dream has turned into a story with new forms of violence.

    Exhibition website in Spanish

  • Sat
    23
    Mar
    2013
    Sun
    02
    Jun
    2013

    War / Photography: Images of Armed Conflict and its Aftermath

    W/TH/F 11am - 6 pm; Sat 11am - 7:30pm; Sun 11am - 6pm; M/T ClosedAnnenberg Space for Photography, Century Park, 2000 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles, CA 90067

    Death Squad Victim; child with cadaver
    San Salvador, El Salvador, 1989  Copyright © Donna De Cesare,1989
    In the 1980s El Salvador had one of our hemisphere's worst human rights records.   This victim was allegedly murdered by government death squads for violating curfew during the guerrilla offensive in November.  

    For more information about the exhibition.

     

  • Thu
    04
    Apr
    2013
    Fri
    05
    Apr
    2013

    Workshop: Violence at the Urban Margins

    9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.2nd Floor Conference Room, Benson Latin American Collection, SRH Unit 1 University of Texas at Austin

    Participants: Nancy Scheper-Hughes, Philippe Bourgois, Matthew Desmond, Alice Goffman, Dennis Rogers, Randol Contreras, Polly Wilding, Cecilia Bali, Donna De Cesare, Verónica Zubillaga, Kevin O'Neill, Adam Baird, Javier Auyero

    More information on the Event Website

  • Tue
    16
    Apr
    2013
    Fri
    03
    May
    2013

    Photographic exhibit: Crossing Borders: Images

    10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.First Floor, Fay House, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA

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    The exhibit highlights the human experience of immigration in the Americas through 25 photographs from the US, Central America, and Mexico by Donna De Cesare and Patricia Martin-Sanchez.

    For more information about the exhibition:

  • Tue
    16
    Apr
    2013

    Artist Talk--Harvard University

    3:00 pmSheerr Room, Fay House, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA

    Join Radcliffe Dean, Lizabeth Cohen and photographers Donna De Cesare and Patricia Martin-Sanchez for a public talk, reception, and exhibit opening.  Crossing Borders: Images

    More about Crossing Borders images

  • Mon
    22
    Apr
    2013

    LLILAS Faculty Book Series

    4:00 pm2nd Floor Conference Room, Benson Latin American Collection, SRH Unit 1, Austin, TX

    LLILAS Faculty Book Series: "Unsettled: Children in a World of Gangs"

    University of Texas Event Info Page

  • Thu
    25
    Apr
    2013

    Opening Reception, Artist Talk & Book Signing for Unsettled

    6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.2nd Floor Gallery, Benson Latin American Collection, SRH Unit 1, University of Texas, Austin, TX

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    Join Benson Curator Julianne Gilland and photographer Donna De Cesare for a public reception and exhibition opening for Unsettled. Donna will do a short reading from her newly published photographic memoir, Unsettled Desasosiego and will answer questions concluding with a book signing.

    For more information

  • Thu
    25
    Apr
    2013
    Sat
    24
    Aug
    2013

    Photographic exhibit: Unsettled : Children in a World of Gangs

    9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.2nd Floor Gallery, Benson Latin American Collection, SRH Unit 1, University of Texas, Austin, TX.

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    The exhibition of images  from Donna De Cesare’s new book depict the experiences of Central American children during civil war, struggling in diaspora communities and living with the realities of gangs and other forms of urban violence in the post war era.

  • Tue
    07
    May
    2013

    Redemption Songs: A panel discussion at CSUN

    7:00 pmWhitsett room, Sierra Tower on campus of California State University Northridge

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    Donna De Cesare will join a conversation on the role of stories in social justice work, historical inquiry and writing moderated by Michael Patrick MacDonald author of the memoir ALL SOULS with  Raul Rulies Diaz of Homeboy Industries LA, and Janet Connors, Survivor and Restorative Justice Practitioner from Dorchester MA.

  • Thu
    09
    May
    2013

    Iris Nights Lecture: Children of War

    6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.The Annenberg Space for Photography, 2000 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 10, Los Angeles, CA 90067

    Donna will be doing a presentation about her new newly published book Unsettled / Desasosiego: Children in a World of Gangs which is both a memoir and a visual history of her experiences.

    You can reserve tickets to the lecture on the Event Website.

  • Sat
    11
    May
    2013

    Artist Lecture and book signing: Unsettled

    6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Tia Chucha's Centro Cultural & Bookstore 13197-A Gladstone Ave, Sylmar, California 91342

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    For more information and a map to Tia Chucha's

  • Wed
    29
    May
    2013
    Sat
    01
    Jun
    2013

    Unsettled at LASA (2013) Towards a New Social Contract?

    8:30 a.m. - 8:45 p.m every day of conference Washington Marriott Wardman Park, 2660 Woodley Road NW • Washington, District Of Columbia 20008 USA • Phone: (202) 328-2000

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    Signed copies of Unsettled / Desasosiego will be available at the University of Texas Press booth at this year's Latin American Studies Association conference:
    LASA 2013: Towards a New Social Contract?

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    On Saturday June 1st I will be presenting on an interdisciplinary panel with three colleagues.  Intelectuales Anfibios. Representaciones del margen 1:00 pm - 2:45 pm in the Washington Room 4

    My talk will focus on the ethics of photographing marginalized youth using my book UNSETTLED as the foundation for my commentary.   Other presenters include: Javier Auyero of UT Austin on “The Uses and Forms of Violence among the Urban Poor.” Maria Helena Rueda, Smith College on "Tackling memory and responsibility in the portrayal of children and youngsters in recent Latin American films," and Gabriela Polit, UT Austin on "El tiempo y la representación del margen"

     

  • Fri
    28
    Jun
    2013

    Photojournalism at the Margins: Documenting Violence in Latin America

    11:00 am Sala Juan L. Ortiz de la Biblioteca Nacional, ubicada en Agüero 2502, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires

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  • Sat
    29
    Jun
    2013
    Sun
    29
    Sep
    2013

    WAR / PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath

    Wed 10:00 am - 9:00 pm, Thurs- Sun 10:00 am -5:00 Closed Mondays, Tuesdays pmThe Corcoran Gallery of Art, 500 Seventeenth Street NW, Washington DC

    Death Squad Victim; child with cadaver

    San Salvador, El Salvador, 1989  Copyright © Donna De Cesare,1989
    In the 1980s El Salvador had one of our hemisphere's worst human rights records.   This victim was allegedly murdered by government death squads for violating curfew during the guerrilla offensive in November. 

    This landmark exhibition revolutionizes our understanding of this momentous subject, immersing viewers in the experience of soldiers and civilians during wartime. WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY brings together images by more than 200 photographers from 28 nations and covers conflicts from the past 165 years—from the Mexican-American War through present-day conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Organized not chronologically but around themes such as “The Fight,” “Refugees,” and “Remembrance,” it shows how photography has informed our understanding of conflict over time, and around the world. Epic in scope and ambition, and featuring many of the most indelible photographs ever made, WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY takes us from the home front to the battlefield and back again.  It is organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and arrives on the East Coast as part of a nationwide tour.

    For map and information

  • Sat
    06
    Jul
    2013

    Presentacion de Donna De Cesare: Fotografía de la violencia: paisajes de la ira y la esperanza

    6:00 pmPalais de Glace, Posadas 1725 | Av. del Libertador 1248, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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  • Sat
    07
    Sep
    2013
    Mon
    30
    Sep
    2013

    Fotoseptiembre: Reflejos del Mundo

    Opening September 7th 6:00 pm -- 9:00 pm La Peña 227 Congress Avenue, Austin, TX 78701

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     Exhibit runs September 7, thru September 30, 2013 Opening Reception Saturday, September 7, 2013 6:00 - 8:00 PM

    Book signing by featured photographer Donna De Cesare, of her recently published, “Unsettled/Desasosiego: Children in a World of Gangs/Los niños en un mundo de las pandillas. Musical Performance by Tish Hinojosa.   For more information

     

  • Wed
    11
    Sep
    2013

    Donna DeCesare: The Unsettling Impact of War and its Aftermath

    7:00 pmThe Corcoran Gallery of Art, 500 Seventeenth Street NW, Washington, DC

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    How does the mayhem of war effect children? What turns suffering from cruelty toward resistance or resilience? Photographer/educator Donna DeCesare will explore the ways she has grappled with these questions in her own work. A sale of her new book Unsettled/Desasociego: Children in a World of Gangs follows her talk.    More information and tickets here.

  • Thu
    26
    Sep
    2013

    Harry Ransom Lecture: Donna De Cesare's Unsettled

    7:00 pmHarry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin 300 West 21st Street Austin, Texas 78712

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    Award-winning photojournalist and University of Texas at Austin professor Donna DeCesare speaks about her new book, Unsettled/Desasosiego which uncovers the effects of decades of war and gang violence on the lives of youths in Central America and the United States. A book-signing follows.

    Ransom Center Event page

    For a map and parking information

  • Thu
    10
    Oct
    2013

    Artist Talk: Photographing Violence: A Journey through Landscapes of Anger and Hope.

    11:00 am---12:00 pmCalifornia College of the Arts, Oakland campus

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    Slide Lecture  at Ralls 202 

    More information

  • Thu
    10
    Oct
    2013

    Author Lecture: Unsettled - Desasosiego

    6:30 pm--8:00 pmNorth Gate Hall, 121 North Gate Hall, UC Berkeley, CA 94720

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    Slide presentation and fireside chat moderated by Ken Light. At the library in the School of Journalism on the UC Berkeley campus

    Details

  • Mon
    21
    Oct
    2013

    Maria Moors Cabot Award Ceremony--Photo exhibition for guests

    Low Library, Columbia University Morningside Heights campus, New York, NY

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    The Columbia Journalism School announced on September 6th  the 2013 winners of the Maria Moors Cabot Prizes for outstanding reporting on Latin America and the Caribbean.  The 2013 gold medalists are Jon Lee Anderson, Donna De Cesare, Mauri König and Alejandro Rubino Santos. The recipients hail from the United States, Colombia, and Brazil, with work ranging across various platforms. Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez will accept the citation originally awarded to her in 2009 after the Cuban government had barred her from traveling to New York in 2009. 

    Columbia President Lee C. Bollinger will present medals and $5,000 honoraria to each winner at a gala ceremony on Monday, October, 21, at Low Library on the University’s Morningside Heights campus. In addition to the gala, the 75th anniversary will also be marked by a two-day conference titled, Press Freedom, Press Standards and Democracy in Latin America. 

    More information

  • Mon
    21
    Oct
    2013
    Tue
    22
    Oct
    2013

    Press Freedom, Press Standards and Democracy in Latin America.

    9:00 am - 5:00 pmColumbia Journalism School, 3rd Floor gallery, 2950 Broadway, New York, NY 10027

    Press Freedom, Press Standards and Democracy in Latin America.  The conference is sponsored in association with the Cabot Family Trust, the World Bank and National Public Radio and will take place Monday, October 21 and Tuesday, October 22 at Columbia University.

    Details and links to come soon.

  • Mon
    21
    Oct
    2013
    Fri
    13
    Dec
    2013

    Photographic exhibit: Unsettled : Children in a World of Gangs

    Business hoursColumbia Journalism School, 3rd Floor, exhibition walkway, 2950 Broadway, New York, NY 10027

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    Exhibiition open to students and the public  on 3rd Floor of the Journalism School building

    Special Exhibition on October 21 at the Low Library at Maria Moors Cabot gala and award ceremony

    This intimate exhibition of a limited number of images, from Maria Moors Cabot Recipient Donna De Cesare's new book, depict the experiences of Central American children during civil war, struggling in diaspora communities and living with the realities of gangs and other forms of urban violence in the post war era.

    For more information:

  • Wed
    23
    Oct
    2013

    Covering the Americas: The best of 2013

    12:00 pm - 2:00 pmColumbia Journalism School, World Room (305), 2950 Broadway, New York, NY 10027

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    Friends will not need a Columbia ID to attend so please register here:

  • Wed
    23
    Oct
    2013

    Freedom of Expression in the Americas: Discussion with 2013 Cabot Award Winners

    8:30 am - 10:30 amAmericas Society / Council on the Americas: 680 Park Avenue New York, NY

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    For more information

  • Sun
    27
    Oct
    2013

    Texas Book Festival--Book talk / signing

    2pm - 3pmThe Contemporary Austin--Jones Center, 700 Congress Avenue Austin, Texas 78701 512 453 5312

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    For more about De Cesare's talk

     

  • Fri
    01
    Nov
    2013

    The Iconic Image: work by 21 photographers

    6:00 pmThe Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, 411 Elm Street Dallas, TX 75202

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  • Fri
    08
    Nov
    2013
    Sun
    02
    Feb
    2014

    WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath

    The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Robert E. Blum Gallery, 1st Floor, 200 Eastern Parkway Brooklyn, New York 11238-6052

    Death Squad Victim; child with cadaver

     San Salvador, El Salvador, 1989  Copyright © Donna De Cesare,1989
    In the 1980s El Salvador had one of our hemisphere's worst human rights records.   This victim was allegedly murdered by government death squads for violating curfew during the guerrilla offensive in November.

    For more information about the exhibition.

    Hours:  Wednesday: 11 a.m.–6 p.m.
    Thursday: 11 a.m.–10 p.m.
    Friday–Sunday: 11 a.m.–6 p.m.

  • Thu
    14
    Nov
    2013

    Visual Storytelling and Violence: A Conversation with Donna De Cesare and Fred Ritchin

    6:00 pm to 8:00 pmOpen Society Foundations 224 West 57th St, New York, New York 10019

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    Culminating thirty years of photographing gang members and their families, award-winning photojournalist Donna De Cesare’s new bilingual book, "Unsettled: Children in a World of Gangs," examines the effects of decades of war and gang violence on the lives of youth in Central America and in refugee communities throughout the US.

    Please join The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma and the Open Society Institute: Documentary Photography Project for an intimate conversation between Donna De Cesare and Fred Ritchin about De Cesare’s personal and professional journey documenting a history of repression, violence, trauma, cross cultural identity and the human experience in the Americas.

    This event is free and open to the public.  For more information:

  • Thu
    21
    Nov
    2013

    “Diez años de fotoperiodismo en Iberoamérica” desafios para America Latina

    7:00 pmAuditorio, Plaza de la Libertad, Medellín, Colombia

    Agenda of Events

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    Roundtable discussion moderated by Ricardo Corredor with participation by Donna De Cesare, Stephen Ferry, Alejandro Cossio, Jesus Abad Colorado and others

  • Fri
    22
    Nov
    2013

    “La sinergia entre las imágenes y las palabras" Taller Magistral

    8:30 amPlaza de La Libertad, Medellín, Colombia

    To sign up Clic aquí para inscribirte al taller.

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    The festivities for the Gabriel Garcia Marquez prize for Latin American Journalism begin with workshops November 20 and the award ceremony that evening.  Workshops continue through November 22.

     

  • Thu
    23
    Jan
    2014

    Dart Center Fellows Program

    3:00 pmDart Center Fellows Program, The World Room, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, New York, NY

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  • Fri
    31
    Jan
    2014

    In Conversation--War / Photography-- final kiosk questions.

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    Visitors to the War / Photography show will be able to see my answers to the last uploaded kiosk questions this last weekend of the show.Brooklyn Museum

  • Mon
    03
    Feb
    2014

    Witness: Visual Journalists Respond to Trauma" by Donna DeCesare

    12:00 PM - 1:30 PMInstitute for Historical Studies in the Department of History UT Austin, GAR 4.100

    Free and open to the public but RSVP required.  For more information:

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  • Wed
    19
    Feb
    2014
    Fri
    21
    Feb
    2014

    The 2014 Lozano Long Conference — Archiving the Central American Revolutions

    February 21 at 3pm Benson Library Conference room and galleryUniversity of Texas at Austin

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    I will be presenting on a panel of Journalists about my work documenting the civil war in El Salvador in the 1980s.

  • Fri
    28
    Feb
    2014
    Sat
    01
    Mar
    2014

    Portfolio Reviewer: Texas Photo Round Up

    Friday / 1:30 -5:30 pm; Sat. 1:30-5:30 pmLong Center Kodosky Donor Lounge, Austin Texas

    Texas Photo Round Up Reviews

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  • Thu
    06
    Mar
    2014
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    20
    Mar
    2014

    LLILAS: Field Project

    Peru

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    I will be working with a UT grad student in Sociology over Spring break and will post a brief diary and images on my Facebook page during the trip.

     

     

  • Sat
    22
    Mar
    2014

    The Ethnography Lab Photography Workshop: Instructors Donna De Cesare and Max Farrar

    2:00 pmEthnography Lab, University of Texas Dept of Sociology, Austin TX

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    A one-day workshop of theory and practice for Visual Ethnographers taught by Max Farrar, Visiting Professor from University of Leeds, UK and Donna De Cesare, Professor of Visual Journalism UT Austin.

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  • Wed
    21
    May
    2014
    Sat
    24
    May
    2014

    LASA (2014) Democracy and Memory

    Chicago Illinois

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    As LASA track chair for topics on children and youth wishing all a great conference!

  • Fri
    06
    Jun
    2014
    Sun
    20
    Jul
    2014

    Exhibition: The American Dream: Artists' Perceptions

    Reception 7–9pm June 21, 2014Georgetown Arts Center, 816 South Main Street, Georgetown, TX

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    Work from my book Unsettled included in the show.
    Details to come here

     

  • Mon
    18
    Aug
    2014
    Wed
    03
    Sep
    2014

    Jurado de premiación del Concurso Latinoamericano de Fotografía Documental

    Medellin, Colombia jurado, premiacion Bogota en Octubre.

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    This is the 20th anniversary of this contest and I'll be judging again this year.  Deadline to apply is July 30th. You can read the rules in English here

  • Sat
    06
    Sep
    2014
    Tue
    30
    Sep
    2014

    Fotoseptiembre Exhibition: Punto de Vista

    Opening September 6, 6-8pm Exhibition viewing daily business hours227 Congress Ave. Austin, TX

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    A celebration of photography by 20 artists.  Photographs from my series  Sharing Secrets included.

     

  • Tue
    07
    Oct
    2014
    Thu
    09
    Oct
    2014

    Encuentro sobre Fotografia Documental: del documento al documental

    9:00 am -6:00 pm todos los diasUniversidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Bogotá, Colombia

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    For more information / Para mas

    Inaugural address by Donna De Cesare:  Abriendo brecha: Desafíos y oportunidades de la imagen en un mundo digitalizado

  • Fri
    10
    Oct
    2014

    Book presentation Unsettled / Desasosiego by Donna De Cesare

    6:00 pmCentro Cultural Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Calle 11 No. 5-60 Bogota Colombia

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    More details available here.

  • Mon
    03
    Nov
    2014
    Fri
    05
    Dec
    2014

    Central American Child Crisis An Exhibition by Humaneyes USA and Artworks

    Richard J.Daley Civic Center, Chicago IL

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    San Salvador, El Salvador, 1993
    "Crazy Face” was a kid when he joined the Mara Salvatrucha gang in Los Angeles, later he was deported back to El Salvador, a country he barely remembered.    Copyright © Donna De Cesare,1993

    Humaneyesusa.net features work by Michelle Frankfurter, Dominic Bracco III,and Donna De Cesare on the topic of the Central American surge of young immigrants.

    For updated information regarding the opening and related events

  • Mon
    17
    Nov
    2014

    Poverty, Gangs and Children in an Unsettled Central and South America

    12:00 pmThe Station Museum of Contemporary Art, 1502 Alabama, Houston TX

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    A talk by photographer / journalist Donna De Cesare

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  • Sat
    29
    Nov
    2014
    Sun
    30
    Nov
    2014

    Seminar Workshop: Reporting on refugees and victims of violence

    All dayThe Garcia Marquez Foundation, Cartagena de las Indias, Colombia

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    For more information /mas informacíon

  • Wed
    25
    Mar
    2015

    Unsettled: Keynote to the Center for the Study of the Western Hemisphere

    7:30 pm International Bank of Commerce Speaker Series: Texas A & M International University

    For more Information

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  • Sun
    12
    Apr
    2015

    Sensor: Fotofest Sunday Conversation: Lisa Barnard and Donna De Cesare

    12:00 pmFotofest, 2000 Edwards St Bldg C, Ste 2 Houston, TX 77007

    Photographer Lisa Barnard explores the ‘unholy alliance’ between the military, the entertainment industry and technology, and their coalescence around modern-day warfare.  The talk will be followed by a Q&A with renowned documentary photographer and educator Donna De Cesare.  For more information

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  • Thu
    23
    Apr
    2015

    Exhibition Lecture: Why Photograph War?

    6:30 pm- 7:30 pmChiego Lecture Hall, The McNay Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX

    For more information

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  • Sat
    09
    May
    2015
    Tue
    15
    Sep
    2015

    Eyes on Main Street Exhibition

    All dayWilson, North Carolina

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  • Sun
    04
    Oct
    2015

    Reception for Art Hop Artists and Award winners

    2:00 pmGeorgetown Art Center, 816 S Main St, Georgetown, TX 78626

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    Donna De Cesare is one of this year's Art Hop judges. 

  • Wed
    07
    Oct
    2015
    Sun
    11
    Oct
    2015

    Prospectivas: Congreso de Educacion Artistica

    Univerisidad de Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia

    Para mas informacíon en español

    Medellin facebook

  • Wed
    14
    Oct
    2015

    De Novo: Beyond Borders

    7:30 pmTexas State University Performing Arts Series, Evans Auditorium, San Marcos, TX

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  • Thu
    15
    Oct
    2015

    Imagined Futures: Visual Journalism- presentation Donna De Cesare

    2:00 pmHarry Ransom Center, UT Austin, Austin TX

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  • Fri
    16
    Oct
    2015

    De Novo

    7:00 pmUtopia Theatre, School of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin

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    Set Images by Donna De Cesare, panel discussion following performance

  • Tue
    27
    Oct
    2015

    Reporting Safely on Every Beat

    6:00 pmColumbia University School of Journalism New York

    For more information

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  • Sat
    14
    Nov
    2015

    Desarrollo de Archivos Pos-Custodiales y Humanidades Digitales: Aprendiendo de América Latina"

    9:30 - 11:00 amLLILAS Benson Conference Center
  • Mon
    07
    Dec
    2015
    Tue
    08
    Dec
    2015

    Guatemala Workshop--Trauma Aware Journalism and Emotional Self-Care

    morningsGuatemala City, Guatemala

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  • Thu
    10
    Dec
    2015
    Fri
    29
    Jan
    2016

    Exhibition: Torture: The International Outlaw

    9:00 am to 5:00 pmVisitors Lobby, The United Nations, New York, NY

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  • Thu
    10
    Dec
    2015
    Fri
    11
    Dec
    2015

    Honduras: Trauma Aware Journalism and Emotional Self-Care

    morningsTegucigalpa, Honduras

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  • Mon
    14
    Dec
    2015

    Donna De Cesare: Reflections on a Lifetime in Photography

    6:00 pmCentro Cultural de España, San Salvador El Salvador

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  • Tue
    15
    Dec
    2015
    Wed
    16
    Dec
    2015

    El Salvador: Trauma Aware Journalism and Emotional Self-Care

    morningsSan Salvador, El Salvador

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  • Thu
    17
    Dec
    2015

    El Salvador: Reunion with Photographers from the first Dart Workshop

    7:00 pmFotocafe, San Salvador, El Salvdor

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  • Fri
    26
    Feb
    2016

    Imagined Futures: A Humanities Symposium

    1:45 pmUT Austin Alumni Center

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  • Thu
    31
    Mar
    2016

    Symposium on Environmental Consequences

    12:30pm-2:30pmCLA 1.302B (Glickman Conference Center). UT Austin

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  • Fri
    01
    Apr
    2016
    Sat
    30
    Apr
    2016

    Exhibition: Torture: The International Outlaw

    all times Online version at Amnesty website

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  • Fri
    15
    Apr
    2016
    Sat
    16
    Apr
    2016

    Picturing the Unspeakable: Dilemmas of the Working Journalist

    12:00 pmPembroke Center, Brown University

    More info to come

  • Mon
    18
    Apr
    2016
    Tue
    26
    Apr
    2016

    Exhibition: Torture: The International Outlaw

    9:00 am to 5:00 pmLobby Organization of American States (OAS) 200 17th St NW, Washington, DC 20006

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  • Thu
    26
    May
    2016
    Sun
    27
    Nov
    2016

    Gangcity Exhibition-Venice Biennale

    all dayArsenale Nord, Spazio Thetis SpA f, Calle Donà Castello, 2737, 30122 Venezia Italia

    For more information scroll to GangCity

    Gangcity website

    Chapter Three Guatemala, Guatemala An adolescent boy looks out over the gang controlled barrio where he lives.

     

  • Thu
    16
    Jun
    2016
    Sun
    26
    Jun
    2016

    Exhibition: Torture: The International Outlaw

    9:00 am to 5:00 pmUnited Nations offices, Footbride between Buildings A and E, Palais des Nations, 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland.

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  • Thu
    23
    Jun
    2016
    Fri
    24
    Jun
    2016

    International Symposium --Venice Biennale--Gangs and Public Spaces

    Venice Italy

    Invited speaker.

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  • Sat
    03
    Sep
    2016
    Fri
    30
    Sep
    2016

    Exhibition: Torture: The International Outlaw

    9:00 am to 5:00 pmEuropean Union, Brussels, Belgium Dates to be confirmed.

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  • Mon
    10
    Oct
    2016

    Photography and Human Rights

    4:00 pmSt. Edward's University Austin Texas

    A conversation with Donna De Cesare about covering  human rights and environmental suffering.

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  • Fri
    14
    Oct
    2016

    Four Corners Symposia

    12:30- 2:30 pmInternational Center for Photography, 1114 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY

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  • Wed
    16
    Nov
    2016

    Women Picturing Revolution: A panel Discussion

    7:00 pmFall Lecture Series: International Center for Photography, NY, NY

    The Women Picturing Revolution panelists include recipient of the 2013 Maria Moors Cabot Award for Journalism, Photojournalist Donna De Cesare 2014 World Press Photo award winner Tanya Habjouqa and Artist and Founder of Laberinto Projects Muriel Hasbun. The panel will be moderated by Grace Aneiza Ali, of OF NOTE magazine. 

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  • Thu
    17
    Nov
    2016

    Ethnographic Terminalia: "The Photo Essay is Dead, Long Live the Photo Essay"

    9:00 am - 4:00 pmThe American Anthropological Association Meeting, Minneapolis MN

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  • Sat
    14
    Jan
    2017
    Sun
    05
    Mar
    2017

    Whose Streets? Our Streets! New York City Photography 1980-2000

    The Bronx Documentary Center

    exhibitionOpening  reception on January 14 2017

    Exhibition website

  • Thu
    30
    Mar
    2017
    Fri
    07
    Apr
    2017

    Gangcity exhibition at Biennale Democrazia

    Scuola Holden, Piazza Borgo, Turin Italy

    For more information about the exhibition and related events 
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  • Sat
    08
    Apr
    2017
    Sun
    16
    Jul
    2017

    Exhibition: Eyes on Main Street

    All day Wilson, North Carolina

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  • Sun
    07
    May
    2017

    Picturing Trauma: Narratives of Grief and Hope

    6:00 pmDiyarbakır, Turkey

    DIFAK 2

  • Mon
    08
    May
    2017

    Portfolio Review: 13 photographers -- Photography Days Festival

    1:00 pmDiyarbakır, Turkey

    DSM 2

  • Tue
    09
    May
    2017

    Picturing Trauma

    10:00 am-12:00 pmBilkent University, Ankara, Turkey

    Presentation on Trauma for Communications students at Bilkent University

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  • Tue
    09
    May
    2017

    Meeting with Journalists

    10:00 amDiyarbakır, Turkey

    GGC 1

  • Tue
    09
    May
    2017

    Picturing Trauma

    3:00 pmAnkara University, Ankara Turkey

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  • Wed
    10
    May
    2017
    Fri
    12
    May
    2017

    Keynote: Picturing Trauma: Challenges for Journalists

    1:00 pmEge University, Ismir, Turkey

    KEYNOTE AT  EGE UNIVERSITY 16TH INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL STUDIES SYMPOSIUM:  Narratives of Trauma,  1:00 PM on May 10, 2017   

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  • Thu
    11
    May
    2017

    Picturing Trauma

    10:30 amBahçesehir University

    Speaking with Communications Students Bahcesehir University

  • Thu
    11
    May
    2017

    Picturing Trauma

    6:00 pmColumbia University's Studio X, Istanbul, Turkey

    Discussion with psychologists, and Turkish journalists

    Studio X

  • Sat
    13
    May
    2017

    Picturing Trauma

    10:00 amIstanbul University, Istanbul Turkey

    With Istanbul University Journalism Students

    Istanbul University

  • Wed
    17
    May
    2017
    Wed
    31
    May
    2017

    Exhibition: "El Espejo de la Guerra"

    Centro Cultural de España, San Salvador, El Salvador

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  • Wed
    17
    May
    2017

    Stories to Tell: A conversation with Donna De Cesare and curator Roy Flukinger

    11:15 amThe Harry Ransom Center UT Austin

    On FB Live a conversation about   LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS MEN in the Stories to Tell exhibit

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  • Fri
    02
    Jun
    2017
    Sun
    16
    Jul
    2017

    Exhibition: In Response: Revisiting the DOCUMERICA Photography Project

    Newspace Center for Photography 1632 SE 10th Ave, Portland, OR 97214

    For more information about the exhibition

  • Sat
    05
    Aug
    2017

    Niñas Arriba Benefit concert -- documentary

    7:00 pmStateside Paramount Theatre, Austin TX


  • Wed
    20
    Dec
    2017

    Talkback at De Novo Next Door at NYTW

    7:30 pm83 East 4th Street New York, NY

  • Mon
    01
    Jan
    2018
    Wed
    01
    Aug
    2018

    UT Creative Research Leave

    Italy and Europe...

    I will be doing research for a new project on refugees.

  • Fri
    13
    Apr
    2018

    Ethnographic Practices and Ethics

    10:00 amVisual Sociology Lab, University of Genoa, Genoa Italy

  • Wed
    02
    May
    2018

    Transnational gangs: Myths and Complicated Realities in the case of El Salvador 

    10:00 am5A 330 Essex University, Colchester UK

  • Mon
    14
    May
    2018

    "Unsettled / Desasosiego: Los niños en un mundo de pandillas "

    2:40 pmSalone del Libro la Città di Torino - Ufficio Cooperazione Internazionale e Pace

  • Mon
    28
    May
    2018
    Fri
    08
    Jun
    2018

    Exhibition di Donna De Cesare

    University of Turin, Torino, Italia

    Chapter Three
    Guatemala, Guatemala
    An adolescent boy looks out over the gang controlled barrio where he lives.

  • Fri
    08
    Jun
    2018

    "Realidades y Sueños: Conectando con las Diasporas"

    6:00 pmConsulate of El Salvador in Milan

  • Mon
    11
    Jun
    2018
    Fri
    15
    Jun
    2018

    Decolonizing the gaze

    Genoa, Italy

  • Tue
    10
    Jul
    2018

    Unsettled / Desasosiego

    11:30 amCentro Civico Can Baste, Paseo Fabra i Puig 274-276, Barcelona, España

     

     

     

  • Fri
    05
    Oct
    2018
    Fri
    02
    Nov
    2018

    Whose Streets? Our Streets! New York City Photography 1980-2000

    William Harris Gallery in Booth Hall at Rochester Institute of Technology

    Exhibition website

  • Fri
    22
    Feb
    2019
    Sat
    23
    Feb
    2019

    Latin American Journalism Under Seige: A Collective Reflection

    11:00 amBenson Library Conference Room UT Austin

  • Wed
    27
    Mar
    2019

    Narratives of Migration in Media and the Arts

    4:00 pmTeresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies‎. Benson Library Conference room

    Join Alicia Laguna and Jorge Vargas, artistic directors of Teatro Línea de Sombra; photographer John Moore; Donna de Cesare, Professor of photojournalism, and the Director of the Mexico Center Ricardo Ainslie for a discussion of how stories of migrants and migrations are narrated through different media—such as spoken/written word and photography—and how this storytelling help us uncover the complex layers of the migrant experience.

     

  • Thu
    27
    Jun
    2019
    Wed
    30
    Oct
    2019

    Exhibition: The Barbara Morris Goodbody Collection

    The Maine Museum of Photographic Arts, Portland Maine

    Featuring 90 photographs by World Class Photographers 

  • Fri
    21
    Feb
    2020

    Keynote Association of Texas Photography Instructors Winter Conference

    6:45 pmTexas State Capitol Auditorium

  • Thu
    23
    Apr
    2020

    Congratulations Doctora Jimena Perry!

  • Wed
    06
    May
    2020

    Congratulations Doctor Ricardo Velasco Trujillo!

  • Thu
    08
    Oct
    2020

    LLILAS Conversation with Steven Dudley about MS-13 The Making of America's Most Notorious Gang

    3:00 pmhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAc-reb8tdY

  • Thu
    31
    Mar
    2022
    Fri
    22
    Apr
    2022

    Whose Streets? Our Streets"

    all dayBoston University’s Howard Thurman Center for Common Ground in Brookline, MA

  • Thu
    14
    Apr
    2022
    Sat
    04
    Jun
    2022

    Exhibition: Protest! Photography, Activism and Social Change in Ireland

    Gallery of Photography Ireland: Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, Ireland

  • Wed
    01
    Jun
    2022
    Sun
    02
    Jun
    2030

    Exhibition: ¡Presente! A Latino History of the United States

    National Museum of American History 1300 Constitution Ave., NW Washington, DC

    DeCesare images from part of a Permanent Exhibition installation  Organized by the Smithsonian Latino Center,

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Reviews

"Donna De Cesare’s long years of committed observation, her keen understanding, and her camera eye combine to form something as necessary as it is unusual: an essential history of a phenomenon. She describes the devastation of El Salvador’s youth carefully and precisely, and rids us of all the stereotypes. There is no shock here; only compassionate understanding."

--Alma Guillermoprieto, internationally acclaimed journalist and author of numerous books including The Heart That Bleeds: Latin America Now

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