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Aug. 28 , 2007
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Media advisory: X-ray exhibit at Stanford shows human impact of terrorism
By Mitzi Baker
STANFORD, Calif. — In a time when daily news reports of terrorist bombings can leave people numb to the trauma of the injured, photographer Diane Covert has put a spotlight on the civilian victims of terrorism. She has assembled a collection of X-rays and CT scans of people who were out eating pizza, riding a bus home from work or dancing at a wedding when their lives were forever changed by a terrorist’s bomb.
Covert’s exhibit, “Inside Terrorism: The X-Ray Project” opens at the Stanford University School of Medicine on Sept. 4, its first West Coast stop on a national tour that has included shows in Boston and Baltimore. It runs through Sept. 14 in the lobby of Fairchild Auditorium on the Stanford campus.
The images pack a powerful message, not through blood and gore, but by their simplicity. One shows the watch worn by a suicide bomber that ended up embedded in the neck of a victim. Another shows hex nuts that ended up in someone’s pelvis. These are the stories of real people who have survived terrorist attacks.
Covert emphasized that, although she obtained these images from the two largest hospitals in Jerusalem, her exhibit transcends nationality, religion and gender.
“They represent a broad cross-section of humanity,” she said on the project’s Web site. Terrorism’s victims are commuters on the London underground and the trains of Madrid; they are celebrants at a wedding in Amman, Jordan and a bat mitzvah in Hadera, Israel; and they are workers in the World Trade Center in New York City. “The victims of terrorism, worldwide, are ordinary people going about their lives,” she said.
More information about the project is available at http://www.x-rayproject.org/.
In addition, the medical school has scheduled several events related to the exhibit. All events are free and open to the public. They include:
What: “Inside Terrorism: The X-Ray Project” exhibit.
When: Sept. 4-14. Open Monday-Friday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Where: The lobby of Fairchild Auditorium, Stanford School of Medicine, 291 Campus Drive
What: Reception and discussion with artist Diane Covert
When: Sept. 4, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Where: Fairchild Auditorium
What: Pediatric grand rounds, “Young victims of violence: The aftermath of trauma on the psychological well-being of children.” Presented by Victor Carrion, MD, associate professor of child and adolescent psychiatry and child development
When: Sept. 7, 8 a.m.
Where: Fairchild Auditorium
What: “Remembering worldwide terrorist victims” memorial
When: Sept. 11, noon
Where: Fairchild Auditorium
For directions and locations of parking, please consult the map at the following link: http://med.stanford.edu/maps/sumc.html. Limited metered parking is available at the parking lot by Fairchild Auditorium, entrance at Campus Drive West and Via Ortega.
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