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Spanish/Moroccan border photo essay online

January 19, 2008

Here is a link to a project i was working on at the spanish/moroccan border concerning the border itself and then of course the migrants affected by it. please take a look and pass it around. critiques and criticisms are always welcome.


Melilla (A photo essay) 

This portfolio is part of a bigger project focused on the look of borders become manifest, the look of the land and the people when the arbitrary line in the sand takes form. These shots were taken from Melilla, Spain, a Spanish enclave cut off from the north of Morocco by a militarized and deadly triple layer 10ft high structure. Migrants travel for 4,5,6 years to reach this side of the line only to be held in migrant detention centers, some for years, awaiting the legal to system to either award them papers or deport them to where they started out from so many years ago and worked so hard (and many died) to get away from.

http://www.lightstalkers.org/galleries/slideshow/9398


I am currently in Tel Aviv having once again come here to check in with friends, update on the current situation and continue the anti-occupation/documentation work I started here years ago. Not surprisingly, I am having some difficulties with the Israeli Authorities who have officially locked me out of the West Bank. I am a stubborn soul though and am determined to get there. Wish me luck.
My love to you all,

 

 

One comment

  1. i read about the migrant hunger strike and then went to the slide show.
    your work is important.
    of course i wish you luck.
    speaking for those without voices has to be among the most profound human responsibilities one can take upon one’s self.
    i shall visit your site from time to time.
    i hope that inspiration and support come to you daily in many forms.
    K



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