"Eyes on the World" in Michigan
The Alexia Foundation Photojournalism Exhibition “Eyes on the World” was displayed at the Portage Michigan Library from March 10-April 15.
At the official show opening on April 6, Aphrodite Tsairis talked about how she and her husband, Dr. Peter Tsairis, created the Foundation. She then introduced Justin Yurkanin, 2002 student grant winner, who showed work from his Alexia Foundation funded story in Sudan, and spoke about that and his more recent work he did in the Philippines for his newspaper, The Daytona Beach News Journal.
Marsha Meyer, Portage District Library Program & Events Coordinator, organized the event. After the end of the show she wrote:
Dear Peter and Aphrodite,
With art exhibits it is difficult to measure the impact on the viewer. Powerful art can stay with us trickling its intensity long after the show comes down. The photographs in Eyes on the World raise our consciousness from the soul up. They make us stop and see each image through the sensitivity of the photographer. As I have lived this last month with these remarkable images, they have become people, individuals, who represent strength and an amazing tenacity for survival in a stark, deadly landscape. This exhibit hits home our connection with fellow humans around the globe -- people with vision, hopes, insight, senses of humor and a veracious desire to survive and provide for their families even in the harshest of environments. Thank you for jolting us into awareness of important global issues on a human scale. Because of the Alexia Foundation and thoughtful, creative artists like Justin we have a better feeling for the people who are actually living through the many environmental social and political problems facing us all as global inhabitants.
Gratefully,
Marsha Meyer
Program & Events Coordinator
Portage District Library
book now available
for purchase
The Alexia Foundation's "Eyes on the World" book displays the work of 18 past Alexia grant winners and presents work that has been exhibited at the United Nations building in New York, at the Pingyao, China, International Photography Festival, and at the UN Information Centre in Tokyo.
The $40 book is available with credit card at PayPal, or by email request to info@alexiafoundation.org or at the Syracuse University Bookstore. You can preview a segment of the book here.
Dury's Photo proudly supports the Alexia Foundation in its goal to help photographers produce stories that promote wolrd peace and cultural understanding. To help students produce outstanding picture stories, Dury's will award each student winner with a Dury's Photo gift card for these amounts:
| First Place | $300 |
| Second Place | $250 |
| 3 Awards of Excellence | $150 each |
Dury's has provided professional equipment and services for photographers for over 125 years. Dury's is in Nashville, Tenn., but its services are available to everyone at www.durys.com. 800-824-2379.
