Demos, the think tank for everyday democracy, is organizing amazing events to help reveal James Nachtwey’s photos in London.  They have done an amazing job at creating events that will not just tell a story of great urgency and importance but will ask questions about the power of images, how news will travel in the future and how information translates into action in a digital age.

The images will be unveiled in London on the fly-tower of The National Theatre on Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th October. A gallery called ‘The Emergency Room’ will open between October 7th and 22nd where you can view the photographs and an instillation tracking how they are traveling around the world. A group of researchers from Demos and a coalition of artists and designers will be working in the gallery experimenting with new ways of distributing news photography in the digital age.  The project will come to a close at a TED/Demos event in London during the last week of October. Supported by TED, Demos and James Nachtwey, the event will bring together public intellectuals, journalists, campaigners, activists and politicians to reflect on the story of how and where James Nachtwey’s images travelled and imagine the future of news photography in the digital age.

If you will be in London in October, you have to check it out.  Here are the location details:

To see the images break visit The National Theatre on the South Bank, 8pm-11pm, Fri 3rd October /Sat 4th October.

The Emergency Room at The Bacon Street project will be open 12pm-7pm (not Mondays) Tues Oct 7th – Wed 22nd. It’s just off brick lane.

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