• Barry Lewis (1948)

Soviet forced labor camps and conditions faced by incarcerated prisoners in the early 1990s, contextualized within a broader examination of historical memory and political repression.

• Ken Domon (1909-1990)

Hiroshima survivors’ physical and emotional scars through stark, unstaged black-and-white social realist photography, emphasizing both suffering and resilience thirteen years after the atomic bombing.

• Garo Keshishian (1946)

Documentary study of Bulgaria’s militarized labour units from 1983 to 1995, capturing the lived experiences of ethnic minorities and marginalized individuals within a repressive state system.

• Koen Wessing (1942-2011)

Military oppression, mass detentions, and authoritarian dominance in Santiago following the 1973 Chilean coup.

• Paul Strand (1890-1976)

Portrayal of rural Italian village life, revealing intimate details of community members in domestic and communal spaces, highlighting unromanticized realities of post-war Italy.

• Sune Jonsson (1930-2009)

Rural life in northern Sweden during the late 1950s, highlighting themes of community, memory, and the transition from agrarian traditions to modernization.