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TRANSIT – new exhibition at the Nobel Peace Centre

News article  23 May 2011

UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Barbara Hendricks and photographer Espen Rasmussen at the opening of the Nansen and refugee exhibition 'Transit' at the Nobel Peace Center, Oslo.
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UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Barbara Hendricks and photographer Espen Rasmussen at the opening of the Nansen and refugee exhibition 'Transit' at the Nobel Peace Center, Oslo.

The exhibition TRANSIT - with Espen Rasmussen’s photos and videos of refugees and displaced the world over opened at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo on 12 May 2011.

At the opening UNHCR Honorary Goodwill Ambassador for Life Barbara Hendricks praised Espen for telling the refugee story with such dignity, reminding us all of the need for humanism in our interconnected world. ‘UNHCR comes home in this exhibition’, she said, referring to Nansen as the first High Commissioner for refugees, the organisation’s two Nobel Peace Prizes and our ongoing work to find solutions for the displaced.

TRANSIT also presents Fridtjof Nansen and his efforts to help prisoners of war, victims of famine and refugees in the early years of the 20th Century. Fritdjof Nansen was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1922 for his humanitarian efforts.

TRANSIT explores the similarities between the challenges Nansen met in his humanitarian work and today's challenges in conflict areas world wide.

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Refugees through a brilliant optic

Refugees through a brilliant optic

Espen Rasmussen’s refugee photos punch you in the stomach and leave you begging for more. Check out this Norwegian photographer’s award-winning work.

Transit on tour in Estonia

Transit on tour in Estonia

Throughout June the awarded Norwegian photographer Espen Rasmussen’s photos can be seen in Valga, Tallinn and Narva. The photo exhibition runs in Tallinn from 13-23 June and it will open in Narva on 28 June.

Throughout June the awarded Norwegian photographer Espen Rasmussen’s photos can be seen in Valga, Tallinn and Narva. The photo exhibition runs in Tallinn from 13-23 June and it will open in Narva on 28 June.

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