The American Political and Social Landscape through Visual Communication Thursday, October 28, 6:30 p.m. Annenberg Auditorium
Photo: Nina Berman
Visual communication plays a critical role in social change and has contributed to numerous social and political movements. Nina Berman and Jon Lowenstein, two photographers from Noor, the awardwinning Amsterdam-based photojournalism collective, will present their work and discuss the power of communication through images. Berman will share work from her books Purple Hearts, an acclaimed series on wounded veterans from the Iraq War, and Homeland, which documents the militarization of American life. Lowenstein will show his award-winning work Shadow Lives USA, a ten-year journey documenting the world of undocumented Latino immigrants. The program will be moderated by Larry Gross, director of the School of Communication at USC Annenberg.
Photo: Jon Lowenstein
Organized by the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism.
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VISIONS AND VOICES
Taking the Long View: Design and the Nonprofit Wednesday, November 3, 7 p.m. Bovard Auditorium Most of today’s positive design solutions focus on green design. Although issues such as efficiency and sustainability are critical, one can’t ignore equally pressing issues like humanitarian aid, education and healthcare. This event will feature presentations by Cameron Sinclair, co-founder of Architecture for Humanity, and landscape architect Lily Jencks from Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres—two international nonprofit organizations that use design in exceptional, and human, ways. Based in San Francisco, Architecture for Humanity relies on volunteer architects and designers to deliver humanitarian aid at disaster sites around the globe. Located throughout the United Kingdom, Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres are cancer-care facilities that are specifically designed to foster safe, supportive and stimulating environments that value the human individual and lift the spirit. Organized by R. Scott Mitchell (Architecture).