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Awot. Image from Open Air Archive by Angie Smith, an outdoor photography exhibition of the people of Boise, 1800s to today that was part of the public art featured at the 2019 Treefort Music Fest.

Awot image on Classic Design Studios, Boise, Idaho, May 5, 2019.

Awot and his wife are originally from Eritrea and moved to Boise with the refugee program in 2010. Here they stand inside of the Russian Orthodox church in Boise with their family and closest friends on the day of their youngest daughter’s baptism in 2016.

Angie Smith is a photographer and artist living in LA and Boise. She has worked as an editorial and commercial photographer for New York Times Magazine, the New Yorker, Time, and Oprah, and her installation, Stronger Shines the Light Inside, was recognized by the Obama Administration as one of the most impactful projects to integrate refugees in America. In March 2019, she returned to Idaho to conduct a portrait workshop with Boise’s refugee and immigrant communities. Using wheat paste, she installed these photographs, along with historic portraits, throughout the downtown area in celebration of the rich intersection of culture that is part of Boise’s past and present identity.
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Awot. Image from Open Air Archive by Angie Smith, an outdoor photography exhibition of the people of Boise, 1800s to today that was part of the public art featured at the 2019 Treefort Music Fest. <br /> <br /> Awot image on Classic Design Studios, Boise, Idaho, May 5, 2019.<br /> <br /> Awot and his wife are originally from Eritrea and moved to Boise with the refugee program in 2010. Here they stand inside of the Russian Orthodox church in Boise with their family and closest friends on the day of their youngest daughter’s baptism in 2016.<br /> <br /> Angie Smith is a photographer and artist living in LA and Boise. She has worked as an editorial and commercial photographer for New York Times Magazine, the New Yorker, Time, and Oprah, and her installation, Stronger Shines the Light Inside, was recognized by the Obama Administration as one of the most impactful projects to integrate refugees in America. In March 2019, she returned to Idaho to conduct a portrait workshop with Boise’s refugee and immigrant communities. Using wheat paste, she installed these photographs, along with historic portraits, throughout the downtown area in celebration of the rich intersection of culture that is part of Boise’s past and present identity.