My research and the Imaging Peace project is concerned with the contribution that photography – not only the images themselves but also the process of making and sharing images - can make to the building of dialogue and positive, just peace.
Dr Tiffany Fairey
18 March 2025
Imaging Peace unveiled on London's Strand
Imaging Peace, a new outdoor exhibition featuring global community peace photography projects and research from Dr. Tiffany Fairey, has been unveiled on London’s Strand.
‘Imaging Peace’ a new outdoor exhibition, led by Dr Tiffany Fairey and produced by King’s Culture, is now open on the Strand. Platforming research and community peace photography projects from conflict-affected locations around the world the exhibition includes photographs from Bosnia & Herzegovina, Central African Republic, Colombia, Rwanda and Nepal.
Occupying large areas of the façade of Bush House facing the busy pedestrianised area of London’s Strand, Imaging Peace is structured around 8 images from 8 of the projects that have contributed to research led by Dr Tiffany Fairey, which explores the vital but overlooked relationship between photography and peacebuilding.
The peace photography projects featured within Imaging Peace were devised and delivered in the countries they took place in and include: Everyday Peace Indicators (Colombia), Feminist Memory Project (Nepal), Fotohane Darkroom (Turkey), The Home Stay Exhibitions (Rwanda) The Love Tales (Bosnia & Herzegovina) Odyssey (USA), Picturing Reparation (Central African Republic), Rohingyatographer (Bangladesh).
Imaging Peace features photographs taken by people whose lives have been directly shaped by conflict and violence and who have participated in community peace photography projects. It presents images that depict different and distinct perspectives on peace, taken by former soldiers, refugees, young people growing up in the aftermath of genocide and war, survivors of conflict related gendered violence, communities caught in the crossfire of armed conflict and women activists who are resisting ongoing violence.
By bringing together an array of peace photography from different countries, Imaging Peace reveals multiple perspectives of peace from the people who are actively striving for it. Participant’s images make peace, rather than war, visible in a very public and direct way, an active and important choice for those capturing the photographs.
The evolution of Imaging Peace
Imaging Peace is a result of a multi-year, multi-country study of peace photography by Dr Tiffany Fairey at King’s College London, funded by Leverhulme Trust. This research explores the vital but overlooked relationship between photography and peacebuilding.
Dr Tiffany Fairey has also developed publicly accessible resources for visual, peacebuilding, and community practitioners and researchers. These resources bring together a set of multidisciplinary ideas, project examples, theory, academic research, and practical guidance and can be found at imagingpeace.org.
Lost & Found: Stories of sanctuary and belonging
Imaging Peace at King’s is a collaborative project with Dr Tiffany Fairey, supported and produced by King’s Culture at King’s College London, in partnership with the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy. It is part of Lost & Found: Stories of sanctuary and belonging, a free programme of arts and ideas at King’s College London, presented by King's Culture and created with artists, researchers, academics and communities from London and beyond.
Lost & Found explores themes of refuge, resilience, and the search for safety in a world facing significant social, political, and environmental challenges. It reflects King’s status as a University of Sanctuary and has been inspired and informed by King’s life-changing research and commitment to building peace and justice in a turbulent world.
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