While researching I came across photographer Susan May Tell.
Susan May Tell is a American photojournalist whos traveling exhibition Requien is a tribute to the spiritual space at Auschwitz.
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Using poetry by Stanley Kunitz this book was about showing the spiritual space at Auschwitz
Her exhibition
She says her work combines her life experiences and Jewish heritage with poetic and photographic influences: poets William Carlos Williams and Stanley Kunitz; and photographers André Kertesz, Walker Evans, and Roy DeCarava. she considers her Auschwitz images to be poetic images that profoundly illustrate what she strives for in her work:
May States,
"A Requiem" shares a common perspective with all peoples who have experienced violence and loss. I created this exhibition to provide a visceral experience: for visitors to feel the presence of unspeakable horror, convey the ever present pathos of desolation, and give a real sense of the large scale of this death camp. My intention is to touch a respondent chord in a diverse and wide group of nationalities, religions, and cultures. In turn, "A Requiem" will create a dialogue about killing fields the world over and the universal problems of hate and evil.
"We learn, as the thread plays out, that we belong Less to what flatters us than to what scars." - Stanley Kunitz.
My goal is for viewers, upon seeing these photographs—the relics, and abandoned property of the former camp—to feel the pain, suffering and experiences of those who were imprisoned.
The exhibition places visitors inside this landscape by suspending the large scale photographs from the ceiling in a winding path. Visitors will walk along this path as if they were walking through Auschwitz itself.
