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“When words become unclear, I shall focus with images. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence” – Ansel Adams

openDemocracy’s image of the week.

Monday 25th June

"Monk by the sea", Caspar David Friedrich

Land, sea, sky and a solitary monk mark the height of German Romanticism
Monday 18th June

Palestine and Israel: Side-by-side

Photographic dialogue between young Israelis and Palestinians
Sunday 13th May

'The Great Migration', Jacob Lawrence

Jacob Lawrence illustrates the mass exodus of African-Americans to search for a better life in the north.
Monday 7th May

Humanism in China

A photographic self-portrait spanning fifty years of life in China.
Sunday 29th April

The Burning of the Books

Truth, heresy and repression in thirteenth-century Europe.
Sunday 22nd April

Guernica

Seventy years since the bombing of Guernica, Picasso's masterpiece stands as an iconic condemnation of the suffering caused by war.
Sunday 15th April

'South African Photographs', David Goldblatt

A land, a people and a society through the lens of David Goldblatt.
Sunday 8th April

'Aral Tengizi: Story of a Dying Sea', Radek Skrivanek

A second life for the Aral Sea?
Thursday 29th March

'Guantánamo', Paolo Pellegrin

What is life like at Guantánamo Bay? Photographer Paolo Pellegrin offers a rare glimpse: over 100 photos inside the prison complex, plus audio interviews with human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith and former Camp X-Ray detainee, Moazzam Begg.
Monday 19th March

Transatlantic slave trade

Departure, transit and arrival: photos and relics from the height of the transatlantic slave trade.
Monday 12th March

'Traces of memory', Chris Schwarz

On a recent visit to Poland, openDemocracy’s Rafael Broch is quietly inspired by an exhibition exploring the lost Jewish culture of Galicia.
Monday 19th February

Penelopeia

“From the shores of the Mediterranean, I prefer to remember the warmth and the dance. From Beirut I do not want to speak of missed opportunities, but of a city that was opened to travellers, a tolerant harbour.” Artist, entrepreneur, writer, and openDemocracy friend, Mai Ghoussoub explains her love of words, images and ideas.
Monday 12th February

The Atlas Group, Walid Raad

How does one tell the story of war? Nominated for the 2007 Photography Prize, Walid Raad’s visual records of modern Lebanon attempt to address the issues of retelling and representing a bloody history.
Monday 5th February

'Bashu, Little Stranger,' Bahram Beizai

Will there be war between the US and Iran? Who – other than Paul Rogers – knows? As the storm clouds gather, the Small Picture looks back at Bahram Beizai’s masterful anti-war work.
Monday 29th January

Child soldiers

Today, the ICC ruled that Thomas Lubanga, notorious child soldier-enlister, would be the first suspect to stand trial for his role in the Congolese civil war. From Kinshasha to Freetown, former child soldiers draw their experiences.
Monday 22nd January

'Soccer Players,' Matija Skurjeni

Naive footballers?
Monday 15th January
Monday 8th January
Friday 29th December
Friday 22nd December

'Minutes to midnight,' Trent Parke

A road-trip across Australia.
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