Gerry Yaum-Documentary Photographs: Families of the Dump/The People Who Live Under the Freeway
Schedule
Fri Oct 28 2022 at 05:00 pm
Location
UNB Art Centre | Fredericton, NB
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Gerry Yaum’s Documentary Photos Portray Life in the Slums of Thailand Inspired by social documentary photographers like W. Eugene Smith, Lewis Hine and Sebastião Salgado, Gerry Yaum believes that photographs can be a force for positive social change. Gerry Yaum: Documentary Photographs 2013-2022: Families of the Dump/The People Who Live Under the Freeway opens at the UNB Art Centre on October 28 at 5:00 pm.
Gerry Yaum is a self-taught photographer with over 40 years of experience honing his craft. Based in Edmonton Alberta, he has been taking pictures of the people in the Mae Sot Garbage Dump since 2013 and the Klong Toey Slum in Bangkok since 2012. For him, these photographs are more than artworks, they help to educate, raise awareness, and interpret forgotten lives.
The Families of the Dump features images of families from the Karen and Mon ethnic groups who are refugees from nearby Myanmar, where they faced extreme poverty, rape, genocide, and decades of civil war. Here, in the Mae Sot dump, they can earn a living scavenging for recyclable goods to support their families.
The People Who Live Under the Freeway exist on the edge of society, often forgotten by their peers and abandoned by their families and loved ones. They fight a daily battle just to survive in an over-populated city of more than 10 million people.
Gerry Yaum: Documentary Photographs 2013-2022: Families of the Dump/The People Who Live Under the Freeway will be on view October 28 - December 15, in the UNB Art Centre galleries as well as online at https://www.unb.ca/cel/enrichment/art-centre/online-exhibits/index.html.
The UNB Art Centre is located at Memorial Hall, 9 Bailey Drive, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton. The galleries are open 9 am - 4 pm weekdays and during special events. Admission is free to members of the public.
Gerry Yaum's GoFundMe page
https://1l.ink/Q3KJ5PR
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Where is it happening?
UNB Art Centre, 9 Bailey Drive, Fredericton, CanadaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
