Natan Dvir has been selected for the 2009 Houston Center for Photography Fellowship for his ongoing project, “Shelter.”

This project investigates the increasing global neglect of refugees and people internally displaced by conflict and persecution, and includes images from Israel and Colombia. For more information, please visit the Houston Center for Photography.

A Sudanese girl next to the public sink in the refugees quarters in the settlement Kadesh Barnea,
close to the border with Egypt. A local family is providing basic shelter for around 50 refugees
until they'll be allowed to live and work legally.

A Sudanese girl inside refugee quarters in the settlement Kadesh Barnea, close to the border with Egypt.
A local family is providing basic shelter for around 50 refugees until they'll be allowed to live and
work legally.