The exhibit will remain on display through Dec. So there must be something fulfilling there.вЂќ Pleasures are few and far between, (and) you find your joy where you can,вЂќ said Newell. вЂњThis strikes me as a very inconvenient world. Newell said he noticed hope and happiness in the photographs. I think that the situation in these villages have gotten better because weвЂ™ve helped the people to empower themselves.вЂќ People want to work and they want to work really hard and have their children have a better life. Whether itвЂ™s the guy selling gasoline out of bottles or people with a floating mechanic site. вЂњTheyвЂ™ll do sorts of creative and imaginary things to make a living. Just the fact that young people (living in the Amazon) are trying to educate themselves and are working really hard,вЂќ he said. вЂњI still think there are a lot of glimmers of hope. It makes you wonder about the reality of politics.вЂќД«ut despite the struggles seen in the photos, Penn said he has also seen growth in his travels. They found out he was coming, they went out and bought the fish, stocked the fish pondsвЂ¦made him think everything was wonderful, (and) he got his photo op. He was flying into a fish farm that was a scam, and they werenвЂ™t doing anything. вЂњHe was having a photo op, and they staged the whole thing. вЂњThis is the president of the nation,вЂќ said Newell. This political corruption can be seen in a group of photos noted by both Newell and Penn that features a man holding a large fish. вЂњA lot of people think (the Amazon is) some nice green forest and everybody lives this happy-go-lucky life, when really thereвЂ™s all kinds of social issues that challenge people: thereвЂ™s poverty, a lack of education, a lot of corruption and a lot of abuse of the people.вЂќ вЂњIt felt good that I was able to tell some real stories about whatвЂ™s going on,вЂќ he said. Penn also spoke about the importance of storytelling through photographs. It just sort of represents the environment these things were happening inвЂ¦itвЂ™s not a comfortable world, but thereвЂ™s an entire culture existing there.вЂќ Sometimes theyвЂ™re out of focus sometimes theyвЂ™re grainy or thereвЂ™s staining. вЂњThey arenвЂ™t glamorous photos by any means. It really is opening peopleвЂ™s eyes to another world,вЂќ he said. They may be subtle, but I hope they resonate with people. вЂњThereвЂ™s stories within this that I think are very telling. Of the 400 photos Penn submitted to the gallery, the exhibit features 72 that depict not only the trouble and turmoil faced by the people living alongside the Amazon River, but also how their ingenuity has allowed them to adapt to it and grow, said Penn.Дavid Newell, GVSUвЂ™s curator of exhibitions, said he decided which pieces to include in the exhibition based on the story he wanted the exhibit to tell. Engaging in projects ranging from zoological research to human rights work, Penn took photos of his journeys over the course of three decades.

вЂњDifferent Waters: 30 Years in the Western Amazon,вЂќ documents the many travels of GVSU professor Jim Penn to Peru and nearby areas of South America. It does not store any personal data.Though the threat of snow may loom closely on the horizon for Grand Valley State University, a new exhibit in Lake Ontario HallвЂ™s Red Wall Gallery hopes to open studentsвЂ™ eyes to a world where the presence of water is often a much more dangerous inconvenience. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category 'Performance'. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin.

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Corruption of champions gallery