6:00pm-8:00pm on Monday 23 March
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Cambridge University Press, Bookshop and Showroom 1 Trinity Street, CB2 1SZ
CRASSH Healthcare in Conflict presents a week-long photography exhibition featuring the work of Paul Conroy and Giles Duley, two renowned frontline photographers whose images have become central to public understanding of conflict, displacement and the impact of war on civilians. Both were severely injured while working in war zones, turning them unexpectedly from observers into patients navigating emergency medical care in the very settings they had been documenting, in Syria and Afghanistan, respectively. Their experiences offer a rare, dual perspective – of witnessing conflict through the lens, and of surviving it first-hand.
The exhibition brings together a selection of their photographs that illuminate the realities of conflict-affected communities, the pressures on medical teams working in fragile environments, and the systems of care – formal and informal – that emerge amid instability. Through their work, the exhibition invites visitors to reflect on the role of visual storytelling in shaping humanitarian awareness and the complex intersection of health, conflict and resilience.
The first of its kind, this week-long exhibition opens with an evening reception and a fireside panel conversation with Giles Duley and Paul Conroy, which will be the first time they have both spoken together.
In this discussion, they will reflect on their careers documenting war, the circumstances in which they were injured and became part of the story, the medical treatment they received in a conflict setting, and how their recovery shaped their subsequent work and advocacy. Their dialogue offers a deeply personal lens on the challenges of providing and receiving healthcare under extreme conditions, and on the broader importance of witnessing, testimony and lived experience in understanding conflict today.
This event brings together photography, narrative and humanitarian insight to explore the ongoing relationship between conflict, health, and the people who work to document and respond to it.
After the reception and fireside panel, the audience will have the opportunity to view the work of both photographers. A drinks reception will also take place. The exhibition will remain in place at the venue for 7 days.
