Young Filsonians

A series of interactive presentations at The Filson that deal with contemporary, Kentucky-based issues of concern to the young people of our community.

A Conversation with Molly Bingham
Friday, May 9, 2008

Reception at 6:30 p.m.
Presentation at 7:00 p.m.

Molly Bingham was born in Louisville, Kentucky and graduated from Harvard College in 1990. She began working as a photojournalist in earnest in 1994, traveling to Rwanda in the wake of the genocide. She spent a good amount of her energies for the following four years focused on the regional fallout of that event. Aside from her photojournalistic work, Bingham has also completed two special projects for Human Rights Watch - one on Burundi and another on small arms trafficking in Central Africa. From 1998 through 2001 Bingham worked as Official Photographer to the Office of the Vice President of the United States for Al Gore.

In 2001 Bingham returned to work in Central Africa, producing a story for the New York Times Sunday Magazine (published in Aug. 2001) on the mineral “coltan” that is mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In Washington on Sept. 11, Bingham got some of the only close up pictures of the Pentagon, and followed the story of America’s response to the 9/11 attacks to Afghanistan later in the fall. 2002 found Bingham in the Gaza Strip and Iran before heading to Iraq shortly before the US attack in March 2003. Bingham was detained for eight days by the Iraqi government security services and held in Abu Ghraib prison with four other westerners during the war, and released to Jordan in early April 2003. Bingham’s first major written story - on the Iraqi resistance - was published in Vanity Fair in July 2004. Bingham teamed up with Connors in August of 2003 to begin a film about who was behind the emerging post-war violence in Iraq.

Reception at 6:30 p.m.
Presentation at 7:00 p.m.
RSVP to Ben & Dace Maki at 502.243.8989 or dacemaki@mac.com or
The Filson at 502.635.5083

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Young Filsonians A series of interactive presentations at The Filson that deal with contemporary, Kentucky-based issues of concern to the young people of our community. A Conversation with Molly Bingham Friday, May 9, 2008 Reception at 6:30 p.m. Presentation at 7:00 p.m. Molly Bingham was born in Louisville, Kentucky and graduated from Harvard College in 1990. She began working as a photojournalist in earnest in 1994, traveling to Rwanda in the wake of the genocide. She spent a good amount of her energies for the following four years focused on the regional fallout of that event. Aside from her photojournalistic work, Bingham has also completed two special projects for Human Rights Watch - one on Burundi and another on small arms trafficking in Central Africa. From 1998 through 2001 Bingham worked as Official Photographer to the Office of the Vice President of the United States for Al Gore. In 2001 Bingham returned to work in Central Africa, producing a story for the New York Times Sunday Magazine (published in Aug. 2001) on the mineral “coltan” that is mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In Washington on Sept. 11, Bingham got some of the only close up pictures of the Pentagon, and followed the story of America’s response to the 9/11 attacks to Afghanistan later in the fall. 2002 found Bingham in the Gaza Strip and Iran before heading to Iraq shortly before the US attack in March 2003. Bingham was detained for eight days by the Iraqi government security services and held in Abu Ghraib prison with four other westerners during the war, and released to Jordan in early April 2003. Bingham’s first major written story - on the Iraqi resistance - was published in Vanity Fair in July 2004. Bingham teamed up with Connors in August of 2003 to begin a film about who was behind the emerging post-war violence in Iraq. Reception at 6:30 p.m. Presentation at 7:00 p.m. RSVP to Ben & Dace Maki at 502.243.8989 or dacemaki@mac.com or The Filson at 502.635.5083		About Memberships Calendar Library Manuscripts Museum Exhibit Publications Bookstore Newsmagazine Fellowships Institute Education Contact Us Home
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