Exhibitions

Srebrenica now: a divided community comes together through photography

10th - 30th April 2006

SREBRENICA NOW, reveals the community as it sees itself. Some of the photographers are long-term residents; others have settled there since the 1995 atrocity. In a place still reeling from its recent history, the medium of photography has created a rare chance for a dialogue within the community.

More than ten years on from the genocide at Srebrenica, Bosnia Herzegovina, in which more than 7,000 men and boys died, the perpetrators still remain at large. Families of the victims are denied justice and now have to face the reality that some will never be held accountable for their actions.

In SREBRENICA NOW, Bosniaks and Serbs living in the town now have created a unique photographic record of their lives. Together with extended captions from the photographers, they provide a powerful, human and moving reminder that the issues around Srebrenica have not gone away – and neither have the hopes and fears of people living there.

“The exhibition is important because it looks forward” says Alison Snape of the Srebrenica Justice Campaign. “It gives a unique view of life in the town, as people face up to the horror of what happened in the past but also look towards the future.”

The photographers are families and friends of those killed, as well as refugees from other parts of Bosnia who were displaced there during the war. The photographs are the results of a project led by Central Saint Martins Fine Art graduate Philippa Harrison and financed by London-based Srebrenica Justice Campaign, the refugee support group BH Community UK, and the Dutch Bosnian NGO Werkgroep Nederland-Srebrenica.

Other Artist information: Srebrenica Now website