Tree in Limoges, March 1st, 2013 © Marissa Roth
Marissa just spent two days in Limoges, France which is near to Oradour-Sur-Glane, a small village that was the site of a horrendous massacre and fire in June of 1944: over 800 people - men, women and children - were killed. After the massacre occurred, then-President Charles de Gaulle ordered that the town not be rebuilt, but should stand for all time as a testament to the atrocities and as a memorial to the victims.
Marissa spent part of both days photographing among the war ruins, creating images that will be included in her extensive photography project "One Person Crying: Women and War," which will be featured at the Centre de la Memoire d'Oradour (Memory Center of Oradour), for a year, with an opening in June, 2013.
"One Person Crying: Women and War" will have its international debut at the Willy-Brandt-Haus in Berlin next week, opening on March 8th, and running through April 4th.
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