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Elena Dorfman: Syria's Lost Generation

Completed
May 9, 2016 – Jul 24, 2016
Through portraiture and audio recordings, Elena Dorfman (1965- ) offers a humanistic perspective to the Syrian conflict, a global crisis that has claimed more than 470,000 lives and driven 6.5 million people from their homes.

Commissioned by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Syria’s Lost Generation documents a small fraction of a population disproportionately affected by the war: teenagers. Dorfman was drawn most strongly to Syrian youth, explaining, “They seemed particularly shell-shocked and bereft…they spoke to me of powerful longing and frustration.”

Since graduating from Sarah Lawrence College in 1988, Elena Dorfman has specialized in documenting extreme circumstances and unusual subjects. She has exhibited her work at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Cincinnati Art Museum, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and Museum of Modern Art. Dorfman lives and works in Los Angeles, California.

For more information, please visit: Syria's Lost Generation


Exhibition Objects (16)
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Image of Abdallah, from "Syria's Lost Generation"

Abdallah, from "Syria's Lost Generation" 2016.714

Image of Alee, from "Syria's Lost Generation"

Alee, from "Syria's Lost Generation" 2016.715

Image of Anas, from "Syria's Lost Generation"

Anas, from "Syria's Lost Generation" 2016.716

Image of Bathoul, from "Syria's Lost Generation"

Bathoul, from "Syria's Lost Generation" 2016.717

Image of Dvaa, from "Syria's Lost Generation"

Dvaa, from "Syria's Lost Generation" 2016.718

Image of Farman, from "Syria's Lost Generation"

Farman, from "Syria's Lost Generation" 2016.719

Image of Habib, from "Syria's Lost Generation"

Habib, from "Syria's Lost Generation" 2016.720

Image of Hamada, from "Syria's Lost Generation"

Hamada, from "Syria's Lost Generation" 2016.721

Image of Hany, from "Syria's Lost Generation"

Hany, from "Syria's Lost Generation" 2016.722

Image of Iman, from "Syria's Lost Generation"

Iman, from "Syria's Lost Generation" 2016.723

Image of Itman, from "Syria's Lost Generation"

Itman, from "Syria's Lost Generation" 2016.724

Image of Reem, from "Syria's Lost Generation"

Reem, from "Syria's Lost Generation" 2016.725

Image of Safa, from "Syria's Lost Generation"

Safa, from "Syria's Lost Generation" 2016.726

Image of Tamer, from "Syria's Lost Generation"

Tamer, from "Syria's Lost Generation" 2016.727

Image of Tarak, from "Syria's Lost Generation"

Tarak, from "Syria's Lost Generation" 2016.728

Image of Ziad, from "Syria's Lost Generation"

Ziad, from "Syria's Lost Generation" 2016.729



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