Emmanuel Santos
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Emmanuel Santos is a Melbourne
Melbourne
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, Australia, based documentary and art photographer. While still living in the Philippines he was a photographer for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
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; after moving to Australia in 1982 he worked briefly as a folk singer. His creative work since the late 1980s has focused on the Jewish Diaspora
Jewish diaspora
The Jewish diaspora is the English term used to describe the Galut גלות , or 'exile', of the Jews from the region of the Kingdom of Judah and Roman Iudaea and later emigration from wider Eretz Israel....
, which he has photographed throughout the world. Santos' photographs are included in a number of museum collections, including the Bibliothèque nationale de France
Bibliothèque nationale de France
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, Jewish Museum of Australia
Jewish Museum of Australia
The Jewish Museum of Australia is a community museum, which aims to explore and share the Jewish experience in Australia and benefit Australia's diverse society...
, State Library of Victoria
State Library of Victoria
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, National Gallery of Victoria
National Gallery of Victoria
The National Gallery of Victoria is an art gallery and museum in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1861, it is the oldest and the largest public art gallery in Australia. Since December 2003, NGV has operated across two sites...
, Victorian Arts Centre
The Arts Centre (Melbourne)
The Victorian Arts Centre is a performing arts centre consisting of a complex of theatres and concert halls in the Melbourne Arts Precinct, located in the inner Melbourne suburb of Southbank in Victoria, Australia....
, Immigration Museum (Melbourne)
Immigration Museum, Melbourne
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, Jewish Holocaust Centre
Jewish Holocaust Museum and Research Centre
The Jewish Holocaust Museum and Research Centre was founded in Melbourne in 1984 by Holocaust Survivors. Its mission is to commemorate the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis between 1933 and 1945....
, and the National Library of Australia
National Library of Australia
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. Santos has held solo exhibitions throughout the world. He is also curator at Obscura Gallery in St Kilda, Melbourne, which specialises in fine art and documentary photography.