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Michael Nye

Images and Voices on the Edge of Revelation

July 22, 2023

Photographer and audio documentarian Michael Nye has traveled the world for 30 years to capture unique stories, images, and voices, one person at a time. He can spend up to four days with a subject and will then, for the purposes of his exhibits, distill everything down to one image accompanied by a five-minute sound clip. "It's a slowly revealing process, like unwinding a ball of string.... It's not about those people, but about humanity." He has been aptly described by National Public Radio as "part reporter and part anthropologist." His projects have taken him to Iraq during the first Gulf War, refugee camps in Palestine, as well as Siberia, China, Morocco, and Mexico. His newest exhibit, "My Heart Is Not Blind," is based on seven years of listening to those who are blind and visually impaired. "These conversations focus on the deep and shifting pools of perception and the mystery of transformation. Our other senses, separate from sight, have their own wisdom."
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