George Butler
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George Butler
@george_butler
Freelance illustrator and reportage artist, TED Fellow, Co-founder, Action Syria.
Katılım Mart 2009
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3/10 — Ten Portraits x Ten Stories
I met Khalid when he was 11 in a refugee camp. Just 20 days after his world changed, he told me:
“I want to be a doctor… and protect my family.”
One of the bravest people I’ve ever met.
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2/10: Ten Portraits x Ten Stories.
Mama Nazak, 62, Syria/Turkish border, 2012
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1/10: Ten Portraits × Ten Stories.
Unknown man, double amputee. Kabul, 2014.
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Over the next few weeks:
10 Portraits. 10 Stories.
Ten drawings from the past decade. Ten human encounters I’ve never forgotten.
I’ll be sharing short videos reflecting on the conversations behind each portrait.
Stay tuned.
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Excited to share that I’ll be speaking at TED2026 in Vancouver! Honoured to be part of such an inspiring lineup — looking forward to the conversations and ideas ahead.
#TED2026
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@ScottMichels1 @RetroReport @KnowableMag @PerneInAGyre @NewYorker @nataliekeyssar @RollingStone Pulitzer Center’s Director of Strategic Partnerships Nathalie Applewhite selected the story "In the Silences Between Caution and Hope" by @george_butler, published in @VQR, for the #PulitzerStaffPicks 2025.
👉 bit.ly/YIStories25
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Join us at our annual candlelit carols for Syria, Tickets are £28 and the money makes all the difference in Syria at the moment mailchi.mp/e8683ed961d0/s…
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This is lovely. Congratulations Brooke.
Pulitzer Center@pulitzercenter
Inspired by grantee @george_butler's illustrations in "Drawn to War: A Ukraine Journal" for @VQR, ninth grader Brooke's poem "odesa" received an honorable mention in last year's Fighting Words student poetry contest. 👉 bit.ly/4hB9ihe
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Here is my latest newsletter and piece for the Independent from Damascus, 2 months on. - mailchi.mp/5c1ca9150fbe/f…
independent.co.uk/news/world/mid…
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New podcast ep! Reportage artist @george_butler talks about the stories he draws & testimonies he documents in situ in war zones, refugee camps & disaster areas - ones you won’t find on the news – & his work with @Actionsyriauk D’load at convex.podbean.com @ConvexIn
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Є історії, які не наберуть десятки тисяч переглядів. Але які дуже дорогі серцю. Розмова із @george_butler - така. Людина із відкритим серцем і мудрими очима, яка робить, на перший погляд, щось рудиментарне: малює ілюстрації з України, як у книжках про війни минувшини.
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Strictly speaking yesterday's #NewIllustrationoftheDay is not an illustration. George Butler’s drawings are observations from life, not responses to text. But I wanted to highlight his skill and importance and our upcoming event 30 Oct. @george_butler @RoyalDrawing @WalkerBooksUK
Nicolette Jones@NicoletteJones
#NewIllustrationoftheDay Missile Strike, Kramatorsk, March 2023, by @george_butler from Ukraine: Remember Also Me: Testimonies From the War. Booking open for my free Royal Drawing School conversation with him 7pm on Wed 30 Oct. @WalkerBooksUK @royaldrawing royaldrawingschool.org/lectures-event…
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