Last Wednesday, 3 March ICRC opened to the public at its Museum in Geneva a remarkable exhibition Humanity in War, which represents a photographic record of warfare over the last 150 years. In the past year or so the exhibition was displayed around the world as a part of 60th Anniversary of Geneva Conventions' celebrations. The brought- home exhibition will be available for the public until 25 July 2010.
From the American Civil War to the conflicts of the early twenty-first century, the photographer has been a constant presence, preserving moments of courage, dignity, defiance and hope amidst pain and suffering. The exhibition also traces the evolution of the International Committee of the Red Cross since its inception and it aspires to remind all of us of the importance of exercising humanity. This exhibition presents a selection of images from the ICRC book Humanity in War: Frontline Photography since 1860. The photos are all part of the ICRC collection, which contains more than 100,000 items dating from the 1850s to the present.