In Kalamata the photo exhibition "Testimonies - Views"

The photo exhibition entitled "Testimonies - Views", 1971 - 2021 Doctors Without Borders and Magnum, 50 years in the field, held on the occasion of the completion of half a century of life and work of the international medical humanitarian organisation, Doctors Without Borders, travels to Kalamata and is hosted by the Municipality of Kalamata and the Public Benefit Enterprise "Faris".

The exhibition will be hosted from June 27th to July 30th, 2022, in the foyer and courtyard of the Kalamata Dance Megaron with the support of Captain Vassilis and Carmen Konstantakopoulos Foundation.

The 50th anniversary of Médecins Sans Frontières is an opportunity for a retrospective photo exhibition that captures through the lens of the Magnum Photos agency the most important stations in their history. This report is reminiscent of some of the greatest humanitarian crises, their testimony and their action from 1971 to the present. The result is as much narrative as it is visual.

The exhibition "Testimonies - Views", 1971 - 2021 Doctors Without Borders and Magnum, 50 years in the field, includes indicative photos from the first actions of Doctors Without Borders in a war zone in Lebanon in 1976 until the crisis in Rwanda in 1994, the war in Syria in 2011, the great earthquake in Haiti in 2010, the battle against Ebola in Africa and the COVID-19 pandemic around the world.

Photographers: Abbas (IR), Enri Canaj (AL), Raymond Depardon (FR), Thomas Dworzak (DE), Stuart Franklin (UK), Hiroji Kubota (JP), Yael Martinez (MX), Lorenzo Meloni (IT), Paolo Pellegrin (IT), Gilles Peress (FR), Chris Steele-Perkins (UK), Cristina Garcia Rodero (ES), Moises Saman (ES / US), Jerome Sessini (FR), Newsha Tavakolian (IR)

The exhibition in Kalamata is curated by Panagiotis Lambrinidis, Artistic Director of the Art Department of the Public Benefit Enterprise "Faris" of the Municipality of Kalamata.

The exhibition is held with the support of the Captain Vassilis and Carmen Konstantakopoulos Foundation and with the kind sponsorship of FujiFilm for printing the photographic material in the courtyard of the Kalamata Dance Megaron.

The inauguration of the exhibition will take place on June 27th at 20:00. Representatives of Médecins Sans Frontières will also attend the inauguration.

The exhibition will be hosted at the Kalamata Dance Megaron and in the context of the 28th International Dance Festival of Kalamata, which will take place from 15th to 24th July 2022.

Médecins Sans Frontières is an international independent medical organisation founded in 1971 by a team of French doctors and journalists to provide non-discriminatory medical care to people at risk. Medical action is the organisation's primary mission, and testimony is an integral part of it.

Magnum Photos is an internationally recognised photography organisation representing some of the most remarkable voices in contemporary photography and has documented all major international events since 1947.