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Photo Series Captures Refugees In Diaspora Through Phone Cameras

3/31/2017

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Photo Series Captures Refugees In Diaspora Through Phone Cameras

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Photo Series Captures Refugees In Diaspora Through Phone Cameras

Photo Series Captures Refugees In Diaspora Through Phone Cameras

In what is now considered the world's worst refugee problem, smartphones carry much value in documenting daily life

Many have been utilizing their smartphones to provide live updates and footage of what is going on in Syria and other war torn areas of the world. Smartphones have also been utilized by refugees to keep tabs on their family members’ whereabouts. However, beyond a means of communications, smartphones also carry pictures and pieces of what was left behind. Photographer Alex John Beck decided to embark on a project, Syrian Refugees in Lebanon & Jordan, that documents refugees’ favorite photos on their smartphones as a way to share the stories of these individuals.


In each work, there is a portrait photograph of the refugee along with a photograph of their smartphone. The photographed phone screens contain images that are meaningful to the refugee. This includes pictures of family members now lost and childhood neighborhoods that were once untouched by war and conflict. Refugees also handwrite messages on their piece, describing their feelings or what they miss about their past, stable lives. One wrote, “I dream of returning to my country, living in it safely, and staying in home my family.” Many echo these wishes, showing the rest of the world that their long journey to other parts of the world are not to threaten the livelihoods of others, but because they really have no place to go. With nothing to go back to, these people have no choice but to move forward.

Although there are many photos of the refugee crisis, they are usually taken in the eyes of someone peering into the situation, not actually trying to survive this difficult situation. This project gives a more intimate and real perspective of these individuals who are drowned out by geopolitics and those who simply do not understand.

Alex John Beck

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March 31, 2017 at 04:00AM


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