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Monday, May 19, 2003
See Unseen America
An exhibit of photographs and stories by workers opens this week at the U.S. Department of Labor. Homecare attendants, migrant workers, garment workers, nannies, steelworkers, janitors and many others were given cameras by SEIU 1199's Bread and Roses cultural program and asked to document their own lives. "Not only has it taught people how to be seen," Bread & Roses Executive Director Esther Cohen told the New York Times, "it created a desire by many of these workers to be depicted, to be present in a society where they did not feel present before. They learned how to depict themselves in their own terms." The Times called the images "staggering in their simplicity and power."
The exhibit runs through May 30 at the Department of Labor's Great Hall, 200 Constitution Ave. NW. On Tuesday, May 20, a reception will be held with remarks by Labor Secretary Elaine Chao and SEIU President Andy Stern at 5 p.m.
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