Photographer and filmmaker Louie Palu will present a lecture at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 17 in Richards Hall, Room 15. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Palu is a visiting artist supported by the UNL Research Council and will be hosted by Dana Fritz, Hixson-Lied Professor of Art (photography). Palu’s lecture will focus on his 30-plus years of on-the-ground reporting and art making, including the war in Afghanistan, prison in Guantanamo Bay, the U.S.-Mexico border, American politics, extremist groups, terrorists, organized crime and numerous elections since 1991. These events serve as a set of broader themes for his visual research into systems of power, state control, democracy, violence, conflict and how order is maintained or lost.
Palu’s work has examined social political issues, such as climate change, human rights and conflict for 30 years. His projects have been selected for a Guggenheim Fellowship and World Press Photo Awards. His work has appeared in National Geographic Magazine, The New York Times, Washington Post, Guardian, Der Spiegel, Le Figaro and El Pais.
His work has been exhibited in galleries, museums and festivals worldwide and is held in numerous collections, including the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the National Gallery of Art.
He is the producer and co-director of the critically acclaimed, award-winning feature documentary film “Kandahar Journals” released in 2015. It screened in festivals in the U.S., South America and Europe and was selected for the Festival Grand Prize at the Arizona International Film Festival, Dziga Vertov Award for Best Feature Documentary and several others.
Palu is based in Washington, D.C., and has lectured worldwide. He holds a Master of Fine Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art. Learn more about Palu and his work.
