Art Shows in the Hudson Valley

'Last Gorillas of the Congo," Brent Stirton

The mountain gorillas of the Virunga National Park live surrounded by violence. Heavily armed soldiers of guerilla warfare, poachers and illegal charcoal makers all roam the forest poised to destroy what gets in their way. Yet a village and the world were outraged when a family of gentle primates was murdered in cold blood in July 2007. Just over 200 of the extremely rare mountain gorillas, of which there are only 680 in the world, live in the Democratic Republic of Congo, virtually the epicenter of humanitarian crisis and civil wars that have left almost 6 million people dead in the last 15 years.

Photojournalist Brent Stirton's multi-year reportage will be on display at Fovea Exhibitions in Beacon through Aug. 2.