- Dialogue on Humanity

Every day, humanitarian crises around the world make the headlines. Images of these tragedies often evoke tears, suffering, hunger, despair, loneliness, separation or desolation. More recently, cyber-attacks and misleading information have also blurred our understanding of world events. Sometimes we feel powerless or helpless in the face of these crises, violence, armed conflicts and natural disasters. The contemporary art exhibition Dialogues on Humanity was conceived in response to these feelings. The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Photo Elysée, the cantonal museum for photography in Lausanne, and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have devised a project that enables visitors to step back from the images that surround them and pause, reflect and feel. The idea is to provide a space for discussion and debate around humanitarian principles, and to share opinions on the changing world in which we live.
The 30 photographs on display illustrate everyday themes and circumstances, situations that touch and concern us in one way or another, and which have a direct or indirect link with humanitarian principles.
The exhibition features works by photographers as well as images from the ICRC archives.
In each of the five sections of the exhibition, the public is invited to respond to questions and give its own vision and opinion on the subjects covered.


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