Life in Remote Places: A Fragile Balance
Photojournalism exhibition featuring images of the Amazon and Nicaragua — including villages in which The Friends Project has worked — opens May 6 in Rochester, N.Y.
Opening reception with the photographer: May 6, 6 to 9 p.m., at the American Association of University Women, 494 East Ave.
ABOUT THE SHOW: In the aftermath of civil war in El Sauce, Nicaragua, residents are drawing on ways of life that haven’t changed in 100 years to build sustainable artisan enterprises, coffee production and eco-tourism.
In the Peruvian and Brazilian Amazon, families struggle to survive in isolation and with consequences of industrialization — and researchers work with communities to try to preserve the delicate balance of an endangered environment.
In her solo exhibition “Life in remote places: A fragile balance,” photojournalist Kris Dreessen explores life in these two distinct remote communities, how the families there work with and against nature for survival, and what the world stands to lose if we can’t find a balance.
The photographer recently launched an initiative to share the language of photography with young people of El Sauce. As a special addition, images taken by the teens documenting their own lives in El Sauce will be on display.
Kris Dreessen's show "Life in Remote Places: A Fragile Balance" opens Friday May 6 at the AAUW gallery on East Avenue. Kingdom Ventures is supplying pine needle baskets produced by some of the subjects in Kris' photographs that will be for sale during the opening, with proceeds to benefit The Friends Project.
