Moving Walls International – Open Society Foundations

In 2006 the Documentary Photography Project of the Open Society Foundations (OSF) curated an exhibition from it’s annual Moving Walls, specifically designed to travel through the Middle East and North Africa, which it did until 2008. An important aim of this initiative was to help form documentary photographers in the region and at the same time lay the foundations for a network among them. Al-liquindoi worked together with local partners to organise production workshop for the photographers in each place.

Manama, Bahrein – May 2006

This five-day workshop was developed as part of Moving Walls: A Documentary Photography Exhibition hosted at the Al-Riwaq Gallery in Manama. Edward Grazda, whose photographs NY Masjid: The Mosques of New York City were included in the exhibition, taught the workshop to a group of thirteen participants: Amal Khalaf, Camille Zakharia, Dayo Akanji, Hassan Yousif, Isa Swain,…

Dubai, UAE – August 2006

This workshop was developed as part of Moving Walls: A Documentary Photography Exhibition. An international exhibition curated and sponsored by the Open Society Institute, a private operating and grantmaking foundation based in New York City. Lori Grinker, who photographs Afterwar were included in the exhibition, taught this five-day workshop to a total of eight participants:…

Amman, Jordan – December 2006

This workshop took place at the Makan House of Expression in Amman, as part of Moving Walls: A Documentary Photography Exhibition, an international exhibition curated and sponsored by the Open Society Institute, a private operating and grant-making foundation based in New York City. It was taught by Eric Gottesman, whose photographs AIDS and Stigma in Ethiopia were…

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Beirut, Lebanon – February 2007

This workshop was part of Moving Walls: A Documentary Photography Exhibition curated and sponsored by the Open Society Foundations, a private operating and grant-making foundation based in New York City in collaboration with the Arab Image Foundation and Espace SD. Gary Fabiano, whose photographs Property are included in the exhibition, taught this five-day workshop to a…

Damascus, Syria – March 2007

As part of the Moving Walls exhibition we organised a one week workshop in collaboration with the Mustafa Ali Art Gallery and Foundation in Damascus. James Nubile, whose photographs are included in the exhibition, taught the workshop to a group of ten participants: Alaa Hassan, Bassam Diab, Eyad Abu Kasm, Guevara Namer, Haretha A. W. Yousuf,…

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Aleppo, Syria – April 2007

As part of the Moving Walls exhibition we organised a one week workshop at the Le Pont Gallery in Aleppo that was jointly taught Le Pont’s founding director, photographer Isaa Touma, and photographer and photo-editor Sheryl Mendez. The workshop included nine participants: Dalia Ghazal, Hassan Al Soud, Leen Kayyali, Mohamad Blanko, Nazem Jawish, Nouh Ammar…

Cairo, Egypt – November 2007

This five-day workshop was developed as part of Moving Walls: A Documentary Photography Exhibition in collaboration with the Contemporary Image Collective in Cairo. Magnum photographer Chien-Chi Chang taught the workshop to a total of nine participants: Ahmed Kamel, Ahmed Mahfouz, Hany Abdien, Hesham Labib, Jihan Ammar, John Perkins, Maryam Hassan, Nermine Ansari, Nermine Hammam, Noha Ahmed, Shaza…

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Casablanca, Morocco – June 2008

This five-day workshop was developed as part of the Moving Walls exhibition in collaboration with La Source du Lion & Ecole Superieure des Beaux Arts in Casablanca. Photographer Simon Wheatley taught the workshop to a total of nine participants: Abderrahmane Doukane, Aicha Attaleb, Ali Chraibi, Azeddine Alami Ouahabi, Barbara Teslar, Fouad Maazouz, Fouzia Alami, Mustapha…