Elena Dorfman:
Syria's Lost Generation
Lecture
Aired On: May 19, 2016
Elena Dorfman shares images and stories from her year of photographing the lost generation of Syrians throughout the Middle East, who had fled war and persecution at home.
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Elena Dorfman
In 2013 and 2014, Elena Dorfman was asked by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to photograph Syrians throughout the Middle East who had fled war and persecution at home. Making portraits and audio recordings throughout Lebanon, Turkey, Kurdistan, Jordan, and Egypt, Dorfman, primarily a fine art photographer whose work has exposed…
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Photographer
Elena Dorfman
Elena Dorfman was asked by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to photograph Syrians throughout the Middle East who had fled war and persecution at home.