Acclaimed photojournalist Walter Astrada of Getty Images will be visiting the MU School of Journalism on Wednesday, Sept. 14 to present his images of global conflict and his documentary project on gender-related violence.
Astrada’s five-year project, “Violence Against Women,” documents sexual torture, murder and female infanticide in Guatemala, the Congo and India. The New York Times writes: “This powerful view of the global effects of violence on women is a result of Mr. Astrada’s strong personal conviction and stubborn perseverance.”
For more information and some samples of Astrada’s work, visit James Estrin’s post on the Lens blog for the New York Times. Astrada’s joint multimedia project with Mediastorm, “Undesired,” won first place in February 2011 for Multimedia Issue Reporting in Pictures of the Year International.
Date/Time: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14
Location: Fred W. Smith Forum at the Reynolds Journalism Institute on the campus of MU
Cost: Free, and the event is open to the public