Lecture at the Annenberg
On March 28th, 2013, Marissa Roth and Sara Terry presented “War: Witnesses to Aftermath” as part of the IRIS Nights Lecture Series, at the Annenberg Space for Photography. The lecture is now available to watch online. Hear Marissa talk about her experiences photographing women in post-conflict areas during the last 28 years.
One Person Crying Exhibition Opening in Oradour
Dear friends and colleagues, I’m very pleased to announce the opening of “One Person Crying: Women and War”, in Oradour, France. Oradour-sur-Glane was the site of a terrible massacre on June 9, 1944. 642 men, women and children were killed and the town set ablaze afterwards. Then French president Charles de Gaulle ordered that the...
Rubble with a Bicycle
Oradour-sur-Glane, France, February 2013. After the massacre of most of the townspeople of Oradour-sur-Glane, the village was set on fire, reducing buildings to hollow shells and rubble.
Tabernacle in the Church Where the Women and Children Died
Oradour-sur-Glane, France, February 2013. On June 10, 1944, 452 women and children perished in the Oradour Church during the massacre and fire. Other than the stone floor and walls, very few artifacts from inside of the church survived.
UCLA Magazine
Belfast, Northern Ireland, October 2006. “…Roth “entered a tunnel” that led her to war-ravaged countries all over the world to capture images of female survivors, to “read the story of war through their faces. I was possessed,” she says. What she learned is that “war shows up men’s weaknesses and women’s strengths. Natural caretakers, women...
IRIS Nights Lecture Series
Sara Terry and Marissa Roth War: Witnesses to Aftermath Annenberg Space for Photography Thursday, March 28, 2013, 6:30-8pm “Photographer Sara Terry created The Aftermath Project, a nonprofit organization that helps photographers cover post-conflict stories. Photographer Marissa Roth has spent 28 years working on a personal, global photo essay that addresses the immediate and lingering...
One Person Crying Exhibition Opening in Berlin
Marissa is looking forward with profound emotion and excitement to the opening of “One Person Crying: Women and War” at the Willy-Brandt-Haus in Berlin, as this marks the beginning of the global journey of the exhibition. Der Freundeskreis-Willy-Brandt-Haus e.V. presents the photo exhibition One Person Crying – Women and War. Photography by Marissa Roth Opening:...
Women’s UN Report Network
I’m proud to report that the Women’s UN Report Network has listed “One Person Crying” on their website. WUNRN addresses the human rights, oppression, and empowerment of women and girls all over the world. “The Women’s UN Report Program & Network (WUNRN) is a non-governmental organization to implement the conclusions and recommendations of a United...
Car Battery Factory, Interior
Bosnia and Herzegovina, September 22, 2009. An interior view of part of the car battery factory in Potocari, Srebrenica Municipality, where the Dutch had a peace-keeping base that was overrun by Bosnian Muslim refugees after the fall of Srebrenica enclave in May 1995. In July 1995, the refugees were handed over to the Serbs and...
Car Battery Factory, Exterior
Bosnia and Herzegovina, September 22, 2009. An exterior view of part of the car battery factory in Potocari, Srebrenica Municipality, where the Dutch had a peace-keeping base that was overrun by Bosnian Muslim refugees after the fall of Srebrenica enclave in May 1995. In July 1995, the refugees were handed over to the Serbs and...
