Voice of Witness

“Stabile documents lives, not events…Stabile has imbued the image with a sense of intimacy. I see the subject as a man with emotions, fears, desires, successes, and shortcomings; I do not see a statistic, one person out of thirty-five million [refugees].”

This week, Art Practical published a fantastic profile on Gabriele Stabile, photographer of Refugee Hotel, as part of their Visiting Artist Profile series. Refugee Hotel is a groundbreaking collection of photography and interviews that documents the arrival of refugees in the United States and the newest title in the Voice of Witness series. Evocative images are coupled with moving testimonies from people describing their first days in the U.S., the lives they’ve left behind, and the new communities they’ve since created.

To read the full piece on Art

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Join Voice of Witness, photographer Gabriele Stabile, and editor Juliet Linderman at two events celebrating the release of Refugee Hotel, the newest title in the Voice of Witness series. Refugee Hotel is a groundbreaking collection of photography and interviews that documents the arrival of refugees in the United States. Evocative images are coupled with moving testimonies from people describing their first days in the U.S., the lives they’ve left behind, and the new communities they’ve since created.

We hope to see you at one of our events in San Francisco!

Thursday, January 17
6:30 pm
Contemporary Jewish Museum
736 Mission St., San Francisco, CA 94103

Renowned photographer Jim Goldberg joins photographer Gabriele Stabile and journalist Juliet Linderman in a discussion about the Voice of Witness newest title, Refugee Hotel. The artists will engage such topics as the …

This week, The Atlantic featured an interview with Gabriele Stabile and Juliet Linderman, photographer and editor of Refugee Hotel. The tenth book in the Voice of Witness series, Refugee Hotel is a groundbreaking collection of photography and interviews that documents the arrival of refugees in the United States. Evocative images are coupled with moving testimonies from people describing their first days in the U.S., the lives they’ve left behind, and the new communities they’ve since created.

In the piece, Gabriele discusses the genesis of the book, as well as the relationship he developed with those photographed.

Click here to read the full article and to see photos from the book.

To learn more about Refugee Hotel and to order a copy from the McSweeney’s store, click here.

“[Stabile's] layered compositions (and reflections) often convey the refugees’ disorientation. In other photographs, isolated refugees seem to emerge from the shadows of their unfamiliar surroundings, physically and mentally displaced and lost in their own thoughts. The mix of emotions and sense of shock are almost palpable.”

This week, we are excited to share a feature of our latest title, Refugee Hotel on TIME.com. Photographed by Gabriele Stabile and with narratives edited by Juliet Linderman, Refugee Hotel is a groundbreaking collection of photography and interviews that documents the arrival of refugees in the United States. Evocative images are coupled with moving testimonies from people describing their first days in the U.S., the lives they’ve left behind, and the new communities they’ve since created.

To read TIME’s review of Refugee Hotel and to see their exclusive photo essay from the book, click here.

To learn more about Refugee Hotel and to order a copy from the McSweeney’s store, click here.

At Voice of Witness, we believe that sharing unheard stories
can change lives and transform communities. 

Click here to read a special message from co-founder Dave Eggers and Executive Director Mimi Lok.

“We sat in gloomy silence as our taxi wound around 8,000-foot-high moun­tains from the southwestern city of Pasto to the airport for our one-hour flight home to Bogotá. The sun seemed too bright, the mountains too lush.”

Read an excerpt from Throwing Stones at the Moon: Narratives from Colombians Displaced by Violence this week on Utne Reader. The oral histories in Throwing Stones at the Moon describe the most widespread of Colombia’s human rights crises: forced displacement. Speakers recount life before displacement, the reasons for their flight, and their struggle to rebuild their lives. In the piece, Los Desplazados: Survive Against the Odds, Sibylla Brodzinsky and Max Schoening describe their work collecting the narratives in Throwing Stones at the Moon. To read the full excerpt, click here.

To learn more about Throwing …

Voice of Witness is delighted to share one of the first interviews from our newest project: Hunger of the Soul: Voices from Post-Earthquake Haiti. 

Read on for an excerpt from our first interview trip to Haiti in August 2012, and a note from novelist and c0-editor Peter Orner. Hunger of the Soul will be edited by Orner and University of Chicago/Partners in Health physician Evan Lyon. Additional editorial and interview support will be provided by University of Montana Professor Katie Kane and University of Virginia law professor, Doug Ford. The book is made possible in part by the generosity and support of the Abundance Foundation. Can you help us complete our fundraising for this important book? Click here to make a tax

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Join Patriot Acts: Narratives of Post-9/11 Injustice editor Alia Malek for an author talk at the New York Public Library on Monday, November 19th!

Alia’s talk, “Clash of Civilizations at Home and Abroad: Still?” will explore post-9/11 civil rights, foreign policy, identity and more. Click here for more information. We hope to see you there!

To learn more about Patriot Acts or to buy a copy from the McSweeney’s Store, just click here.

This event and the work of Voice of Witness is made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

“Readers concerned with human rights and Latin American politics will find this account of violence and survival both sad and inspiring.”

For the second time this week, we’re excited to share a review from Publisher’s Weekly; this time of our latest title, Throwing Stones at the Moon: Narratives from Colombians Displaced by Violence. Edited by Sibylla Brodzinsky and Max Schoening, Throwing Stones at the Moon is a powerful collection of oral histories from Colombians from all walks of life, including farmers, union leaders and former guerillas. They describe the most widespread of Colombia’s human rights crises: forced displacement.

To read the full review by Publisher’s Weekly, click here.

Learn more about Throwing Stones at the Moon and purchase the book on the McSweeney’s store here.

This week, we’re delighted to share an early review of Refugee Hotel, forthcoming December 2012 from Voice of Witness, by Publisher’s Weekly. The tenth title in the series, Refugee Hotel is a groundbreaking collection of photography and interviews from Gabriele Stabile and Juliet Linderman that documents the arrival of refugees in the United States. Evocative images are coupled with moving testimonies from people describing their first days in the U.S., the lives they’ve left behind, and the new communities they’ve since created.

To see why Publisher’s Weekly said “Beautiful…Linderman and Stabile resist the temptation to attempt an all-encompassing message, content to simply capture often ignored experiences” and to read the full review, click here.

To learn more about Refugee Hotel and to pre-order it at the McSweeney’s Store, click here.