Reframing Neglect, highlights the dire need to end neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) through a collaborative body of work with photographers from seven African countries and curated byEthiopian photographer, contemporary artist, Aïda Muluneh .
The full series includes 42 photos by photographers from seven African countries; through fine art and documentary photography, the artists highlight the weight of NTDs on individuals and communities, using art as a tool of shared human emotion while addressing the need to spread awareness of neglected diseases.
FEATURED ARTISTS:
- Aida Muluneh
- Messert Argaw
- Mustafa Saeed
- Sarah Wasiwa
- John Kalapo
- Omoregie Osakpolor
- Ala Kheir
Responding to the theme of Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) , I layers portraits of people who are affected by these diseases and the places where they live. Ala highlights a neighborhood in the outskirts of Khartoum known as “the Stables Industrial Area”where families who fled unstable regions have made makeshift homes. The city is rapidly expanding, and poverty is clear in the periphery. People fleeing war zones find refuge in places that are not suitable to be homes. Dump yards, industrial areas, and other seemingly unsuitable areas now host huge populations trying to make temporary homes, which slowly have become integrated into the city – areas now rife with NTDs. These new neighborhoods are in all corners of the city, and it is where the majority of people living with NTDs reside.
Exhibitions:
PhotoVogue Milan – November 17-20, 2022
World NTD Day 2023 United Nations Headquarters – January 30, 2023
New York City Department of Transportation – June 5-December 5, 2023
The Africa Center – August 3-September 5, 2023 New York
Cromwell Place – September 26-October 8, 2023 London
World NTD Day 2024 United Nations Headquarters – January 19-March 3, 2024 New York
World Health Assembly Geneva – May 24 – May 31, 2024
McMillan Memorial Library – September 23 – October 21, 2024
Africa Foto Fair, November 2024
