Photographer Phil Borges describes his subjects this way: "Some are experiencing their first contacts with the 'first world'; some have survived exploitation and repression for years; some belong to cultures that have already been decimated and are attempting a comeback. These people are trying to hold onto their identities at the fragile edge of the expanding mainstream." Borges adds that "universal human rights will remain an almost unreachable abstraction, unless we approach it in small meetings, on an intimate scale. The Enduring Spirit is my attempt to put a face on some of the abstractions, to sidestep generalizations and romantic fantasies, to present these people as individuals -- as our counterparts." Created in association with Amnesty International, this project includes an exhibit of 20x24 prints of "portraits representing endangered cultures and tribal people from Indonesia, Irian Jaya (Indonesia), Kenya, Ethiopia, Thailand, Peru, Tibet, and North America." The show opened in San Francisco in March, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Later, the exhibit will travel to several other cities, and in August Rizzoli will publish a companion book. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948, at the urging of Eleanor Roosevelt. The Declaration is eloquently simple: "Recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice, and peace in the world."