Aushwitz photo exhibit now open at PSU

PITTSBURG, Kans. —A well-known assortment of images has made its approach to Pittsburg. It opened immediately at Pitt State.

14 images taken at Auschwitz, now on show contained in the Bicknell Household Middle for the Arts.

It’s the work of Orjan (ori-han) Henriksson, an expert photographer who’s artwork has been on show in galleries around the globe. He even had a show at Missouri Southern in 2017 when he additionally served as an adjunct professor of pictures.

Henriksson took the images throughout per week he spent at camps One and Two in Auschwitz.

“One of many large issues was that his father had all the time informed him that if you don’t be taught from the historical past, and also you don’t determine what occurred, it would repeat itself. And so that you want to pay attention to what occurred, the way it occurred, to be able to acknowledge it every time it does attempt to repeat, to forestall the atrocities that occurred,” stated Shawna Witherspoon, Bicknell Middle Consumer Providers & Gallery Coordinator.

The exhibit is free and open to the general public. It runs by way of the top of the month.