Tears and Consequences: Jemal Countess wants people to think when they see his photos of massacre survivors

So, here I am, watching Jemal Countess—armed with a boxcutter—trim a large poster of his work. I watch him slice away the tiniest piece of white from the poster’s bottom, something probably few visitors to his new Tears of Wollega exhibition would notice. But he sees it. And it speaks to the man’s fastidiousness. Details matter, just as facts still matt…