On Display at The Gershman Y Galleries:
Photographs by Stephen Shames

April 6, 2008
Stephen Shames, Lira, Former Child Soldier

On display through August 15, 2008 at The Gershman Y are the photographs of acclaimed documentary photographer, Stephen Shames. His haunting images of children whose lives have been indelibly changed by civil war and AIDS bears witness to the scope of Uganda's humanitarian crisis as well as to the triumph of the human spirit.

$25,000 Challenge Issued to The Photo Review

The Honickman Foundation has issued a challenge to The Photo Review: for every $2.00 contributed by individual donors, the foundation will contribute $1.00, up to a total of $25,000 in support of strengthening the organizational structure of The Photo Review.

The Photo Review is a critical journal of national scope and international readership. Publishing since 1976, The Photo Review covers photography events throughout the country and serves as a central resource for the Mid-Atlantic region. Providing its readers with incisive reviews, portfolios, lively interviews, and the latest in books and exhibitions, The Photo Review quarterly journal has earned a reputation as one of the best serious photography publications being produced today.

Upcoming Exhibitions at The Philadelphia Art Alliance

The Philadelphia Art Alliance is the oldest multidisciplinary center in the United States, bringing visual, literary and performance art to the Philadelphia area for over 90 years. Founded in 1915, the Art Alliance has been promoting the careers of emerging and established artists by providing both exhibition and performance space, as well as meeting areas, for the exchange of ideas.

In the summer of 2008, the Philadelphia Art Alliance will kick off the traveling exhibition of the first three biennial winners of The Center for Documentary Studies/Honickman First Book Prize in Photography award

In the fall of 2008, the Philadelphia Art Alliance will host an exhibition of writer and renowned color landscape photographer, Robert Glenn Ketchum, Southwest Alaska: A World of National Parks and Wildlife Refuges.

Stephen Shames Foundation

THF supports the work of photographer, Stephen Shames, who creates winning photo essays on social issues, primarily the problems that face children of poverty and neglect. In 1995, he established a non-profit organization that pays the school fees for AIDS orphans, street kids, working children, and other vulnerable youngsters in Africa and Asia. The Stephen Shames Foundation helps highly motivated children graduate from high school, and in some cases, college. The foundation pays for the student's school fees, purchases the books, pens, and paper needed, in addition to making sure the children have the food and emotional support that is critical to their success.