Photo Exhibition

SALTO Cultural Diversity is hosting an exhibition to close the Year of Intercultural Dialogue

Exhibition "Cultures on my street"


One of the pictures

To close the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue, a photo exhibition is hosted in British Council offices in London in January 2009.

"How many times have you walked down a street in your neighbourhood and wondered just how so many different people came to live together in this particular place? Everyone has a story. Now that the borders within Europe are fading, people from an even greater mix of cultures and backgrounds are coming together, mingling their voices in an ever growing dialogue of their unique stories and experiences.

As Europe grows together in its diversity, the European Commission challenged YOU to capture your vision of intercultural dialogue and share it with the world in the photo competition "Cultures on my street". All European residents, regardless of age or origins, were invited to participate.

By 8 August 2008, everyone who visited the official competition website could cast their vote for the 20 finalists they felt best captured the idea of "intercultural dialogue". A jury made up of established artists, leaders on intercultural dialogue issues and representatives of the European Commission have also selected three winners, recognising the creativity and technical quality of the photos, as well as the photographers' ability to portray the theme of intercultural dialogue."

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Author: Susie Green / Contact: / Last modified: 2009-01-21

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