Congo Gold Exhibition in LA

Human Rights Watch is pleased to present

The Hidden Face of Gold The Democratic Republic of Congo Photographs by Marcus Bleasdale

A private viewing, reception and panel discussion with:

Marcus Bleasdale, Photographer Anneke Von Woudenberg, Senior Researcher, Human Rights Watch Arvind Ganesan, Director, Business and Human Rights Division, Human Rights Watch

Tuesday, September 18, 2007 6:30 pm Exhibit Viewing and Reception 7:30 pm Panel Discussion

The Museum of Tolerance Simon Wiesenthal Plaza 9786 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles

The Democratic Republic of Congo is one of the most mineral-rich nations in the world. Its resources should be a blessing for the Congolese people, but instead the competition for control of these riches has fueled a bloody war in which nearly four million people have died since 1998. A Congolese gold miner told Human Rights Watch, “We are cursed because of our gold. All we do is suffer.”

Please RSVP by September 14th to Camille Joseph at 310-477-5540 or email josephc@hrw.org.

Please allow extra time for security check.

The Hidden Face of Gold Exhibit will be on display at the Museum of Tolerance from September 18th – November 2nd, 2007.

For hours and visitor information, please visit the museum’s website.

by Marcus Bleasdale at Thu Sep 13 17:28:28 UTC 2007 (ed. Mar 12 2008) Oslo, Norway | Bookmark this | Digg this |

18 Sep 2007 00:09

The Hidden Face of Gold

Thanks for this Marcus. I’ll pass it along to a few people in the LA area. Its an exhibit I would really like to see at a later time.

Best wishes
Paul

by Paul Rigas | 13 Sep 2007 18:09 | Grass Pants, Oregon, United States |

CONGRATULATIONS MARCUS! :))…

Looks wonderful and I like the panel too!…great museum too, btw. ::))

If it travels to the East Coast, please let us know. I second Paul’s comment: i’d love to see your pics from this show! :))

Great job Marcus! :))

cheers,
bob

by Bob Black | 13 Sep 2007 19:09 | Toronto (for now), Canada |

Break a leg dude :-) S

by Steve Coleman | 14 Sep 2007 07:09 | Bangkok, Thailand |

Bob, we go to Chicago with a similar opening with panel etc on the 24th Sept, but we will be opening in Toronto on the 5th of December in the Allen Lambert Galleria in the BCE where they hold the world press photo exhibition on the 5th December so hope to see you there.

by Marcus Bleasdale | 16 Sep 2007 11:09 | LA, United States |

I second Bob’s comment; this looks like a great piece that took a lot of hard work and if it makes it to Philadelphia or New York City or somewhere on the opposite side of the West Coast, I’ll be there.

by mustafah abdulaziz | 16 Sep 2007 13:09 (ed. Sep 16 2007) | Philadelphia, United States |

Marcus! :)))))))…I will, of course, be there then for the December show. I’ll take you drinking and if you would like, take you out to dinner with my family. I’ll invite Arantxa too (she should be back from Spain by then). I believe your knew Arantxa? ….I’ll send u a PM :))

cheers,
bob

by Bob Black | 16 Sep 2007 15:09 | Toronto (for now), Canada |