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View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.
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Photographer Lori Grinker Documents Life “Afterwar”

Posted: November 10, 2016
Category: Contemporary Photography
Learn about photographer Lori Grinker and her book Afterwar: Veterans from a World in Conflict, which features portraits and first-person testimony chronicling the lasting traumas experienced by soldiers.
View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.

She Who Tells a Story: Boushra Almutawakel

Posted: April 19, 2016
Category: Contemporary Photography
In Arabic, the word rawiya means “she who tells a story.” Each artist in in NMWA’s summer exhibition She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab...
A gallery view of a black wall with a large photograph of a woman. The woman is wearing a long black dress and a head scarf. She is standing in the ocean, surrounded by waves. On the right wall is a text that says "She who tells a story".

She Who Tells a Story: Jananne Al-Ani

Posted: April 12, 2016
Category: Contemporary Photography
In Arabic, the word rawiya means “she who tells a story.” Each artist in NMWA’s summer exhibition She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World...
A gallery view of a black wall with a large photograph of a woman. The woman is wearing a long black dress and a head scarf. She is standing in the ocean, surrounded by waves. On the right wall is a text that says "She who tells a story".