Nicole Hughes
March 23, 2008 |
9:24 am EST
Photographs of conflict and crisis in the Central African Republic by Spencer Platt will be featured in an exhibition sponsored by Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF). Opening night is free to the public, and takes place is this Tuesday, March 25 at 7:00pm at The Half King. It will include a reception, and presentations by Platt and Johanne Sekkenes, RN Director of Operational Support for MSF-USA.
The exhibition will be shown at The Half King through the end of April. Platt is a staff photographer for Getty Images, and the winner of the 2007 World Press Photo Contest. He traveled to the Central African Republic with MSF in December 2007. A selection of Platt’s photographs from this trip can be viewed here.
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