Museum of Photographic Arts

MoPA presents BelovedDaughters: Photographs by Fazal Sheikh, now on view through January 31, 2010. The exhibition focuses on women from two specific communities in India. The first project, Moksha (Heaven), portrays the northern Indian city of Vrindavan, where dispossessed widows go to devote themselves to Krishna and ...seek moksha: final relase from the cycle of death and rebirth. Sheikh's next project, Ladli (Beloved Daughter) portrays the lives of girls and young women in a society where, despite progressive laws, their human, civil, and economoic rights are routinely suppressed.

The two project combined in this powerful exhibition provide intimate and revealing portraits of the faces and words of the old and young -- widows of great age, mothers and their children -- that paint an eloquent picture of a woman's prospects in modern India, a nation of 1.1 billion people. Sheikh pairs intense camera portraits with testimony from his subjects, offering a voice to those who would otherwise remain anonymous, conveying stories that are both eye-opening and thought-provoking.Read More

is installing the upcoming exhibition 'Through the Lens: Selections
from MoPA’s Education Programs’ opening on October 3, on view through
January 24, 2010.



MoPA's
fourth annual youth exhibition, ‘Through the Lens’ includes photographs
from over 80 students in San Diego County schools. The exhibition
conveys the views and pe...rspectives of the world through the eyes of San
Diego's youth. These images reveal the creativity and artistic
expression of these students, while demonstrating the impact of
photography as a powerful tool for communicating ideas and emotions.Read More