Stephen Bennett's portraits of indigenous girls draw attention to a sobering duality: their natural beauty and simultaneous invisibility. As indigenous peoples they are among the most impoverished of our world's citizens; they are also among the world's most invisible. What seems as a simple act by Bennett—to use the art of portraiture to reflect the faces of these girls—becomes a powerful gesture of activism to counter invisibility.
Stephen Bennett's portraits of indigenous girls draw attention to a sobering duality: their natural beauty and simultaneous invisibility. As indigenous peoples they are among the most impoverished of our world's citizens; they are also among the world's most invisible. What seems as a simple act by Bennett—to use the art of portraiture to reflect the faces of these girls—becomes a powerful gesture of activism to counter invisibility.
10 agosto oggi è la Giornata Internazionale dei Popoli Indigeni del Mondo che sarà celebrata presso il Palazzo di Vetro delle Nazioni Unite loggi, 10 agosto dalle 14 alle 17. La giornata è stata organizzata dal Segretariato del Forum Permanente delle Nazioni Unite sulle Questioni Indigene in collaborazione con il Comitato delle ONG per il …
