Kadir van Lohuizen - Diamond matters

The exhibition “Diamond Matters” follows the path of the illegal blood diamonds from source to destination through nine countries and is currently being shown around the world. From the mines in Angola and Sierra Leone, through the markets in India and Israel toward the parties in the UK and New York, Diamonds travel from the poor, underprivileged and exploited to the rich in the West. Many of the proceeds of these Diamonds flow directly back to warlords or governments that use these to fund their wars. Hence the name Blood Diamonds.

Kadir van Lohuizen has received several prestigious international awards for the project and had it shown in Europe in FOAM, Amsterdam, Netherlands, in the Photomuseum in Antwerpen, Belgium, Visa pour l’Image, Perpignan, France and other locations. Also, several editions are currently touring the African continent visiting Congo, Sierra Leone and Angola, thereby bringing the results of exhibition back to its origins. In some locations narrators are accompanying the exhibit, explaining to the viewers in these countries what happens to the Diamonds they are producing.