Photographic Materials, 1996-2002

Extent:

6 boxes

Scope and content:

Series contains groupings of images taken in areas of conflict around the world which form visual evidence gathered by the United Nations' Human Commission on Refugees (UNHCR). Material includes color photos and slides showing fires burning or villages destroyed and injuries of Burmese refugees, taken in Burma or Thailand by human rights worker Kevin Heppner, founder of Karen Human Rights Group; photos and slides taken in Burma, or on the Thailand/Burma border in refugee camps acquired or made for IMI and gathered or taken by filmmaker, Jeanne Hallacy, who spent time in Bangkok; stills from Mikel Flamm, a professional photographer/journalist; photos and hi-8 video of the refugee camps on the Thailand/Burma border taken by members of the Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children, including IMI founder Pippa Scott, when they visited the camps; and images of refugee camps and refugees chiefly in Rwanda and other countries in Africa, but also in Sri Lanka and Turkey.

Other images contain scenes of mass demonstrations for peace, possibly in Thailand; forced labor in Thailand; ruined cities in Sarajevo and photos of residents and mass burial sites; elections and voting scenes, possibly from Burma or Thailand; burning oil fields in Kuwait; and other scenarios in countries such as China, Rwanda, Kenya, Cote d'Ivoire, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Pakistan. Many of these photographs can be assumed to have been taken in secret and smuggled out of the country of origin.

Photographs and slides, along with a few negatives, are arranged by country name, with unidentified images at the end of the sequence. Slides are indicated - the rest are photographs. Most are undated but can be estimated at being from the 1990s to 2000. Also included and filed as found with the images are small amounts of related materials such as newsletters, publicity, and correspondence. There are also a few oversize items at the end of the series.

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