Photo of the Week: “Serving Abroad…Through Their Eyes” Deadline Approaching

Posted by Amanda Brooks / February 17, 2012

Children in Kenya pose for a photo. [Photo by Derek Brown/U.S. Department of State]

The Office of Art in Embassies' "Serving Abroad…Through Their Eyes" photo submissions have been pouring in and, like this photo from State employee Derek Brown of children in Kenya, they are -- wow -- dramatic, compelling and totally inspiring! This creative project featuring images from the day-to-day life of those serving overseas will be expressed in at least two distinct iterations. Lincoln Schatz, a contemporary American artist best known for works that utilize video to collect and display images from specific environments, will be creating a video-art piece incorporating selected images that will ultimately be installed in the U.S. Embassy in Kabul after it tours other national and international venues. Also being planned is a display presentation of the selected photographs, venues to be determined,… more »

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Photo of the Week: Building Friendship in The Gambia

Posted by Amanda Brooks / January 20, 2012

First Lieutenant Matthew Suber plays with children while in The Gambia for Exercise AFRICA ENDEAVOR. [Photo by Captain Alden Y. Gilroy/ U.S. Air Force]

This week's “Photo of the Week” was submitted by U.S. Air Force Captain Alden Y. Gilroy to the Office of Art in Embassies for the “Serving Abroad…Through Their Eyes” exhibition. Pictured is First Lieutenant Matthew Suber, who was serving as the Force Protection Officer during Exercise AFRICA ENDEAVOR, the largest communications exercise on the African continent. The Gambian Army hosted the event at Fajara Barracks, which is also home to many families of their soldiers.

Captain Gilroy describes the photograph: “Children nearby were playing near the exercise administrative building, and we went outside to visit them, and say hello during one of our breaks. The children always lingered near the fences curious about all of the foreign armed forces and beckoned for… more »

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Photography Exhibition To Honor Service Abroad

Posted by Amanda Brooks / January 04, 2012

Serving Abroad Photo Exhibition: November 11, 2011 to February 20, 2012 [State Department image]

The Department of State's Office of Art in Embassies (AIE) is pleased to partner with the Department of Defense on a historic exhibition of inspired photographs from overseas service, to be titled "Serving Abroad... Through Their Eyes," as part of AIE's year-long 50th anniversary celebration in 2012.

Any current or former military, civil, and Foreign Service officer may submit a single, compelling photograph from their service abroad for consideration as one of up to a thousand selected for inclusion in an expressive video artwork display. The image captured in the photograph should be of daily life, friendship, places, faces, loss, or triumph and taken since the year 2000. Submissions will be accepted now through February 20, 2012. Rules, entry forms, and guidelines may be found by visiting… more »

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