Join internationa lly-acclaimed photographer and UBC alum\, Finbarr O’Reilly\, for a look thr ough his lens at the unpredictability of war and his experiences documented in his brand new book\, Shooting Ghosts.
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Tuesday December 5th
6
:30 pm – 9:00 pm Keynote & Reception
Multipurpose roo
m\, Liu Institute for Global Issues\, UBC
Light refr
eshments served
About the book: Shoot ing Ghosts was co-authored with U.S. Marine\, Thomas Brennan\, and details the unpredictability of war and its aftermath. Brennan and O’Reill y became friends during this tumultuous time\, and the photographer documen ted not only Brennan’s experience with the war itself\, but also his post-w ar experiences. Shooting Ghosts\, written in alternating first per son\, details not only the tribulations of what they both experienced durin g the war in Afghanistan\, but also their road to recovery.
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Bio: Finbarr O'Reilly (BA’9
3) is an internationally acclaimed photographer who has spent the past deca
de working in Africa and the Middle East\, and has won the World Press Phot
o of the Year\, the highest individual honor in news photography. He was pr
ofiled in Under Fire: Journalists in Combat (Peabody Award winner\
, Oscar finalist) and has had writing fellowships at Harvard\, Yale and Col
umbia. He was the Reuters senior photographer for Israel and the Palestinia
n Territories in 2014.
This event is in part nership with the Faculty of Arts\, the Liu Institute for Global Issues\, as part of the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, and the Departmen t of History\, UBC.
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