Refugees and migrants arriving on Lesbos Island, Greece (2015)
Alex Majoli
Italian
Inkjet print

"The thin line between reality and performance, documentary and art, fascinates Alex Majoli.  In 2015, he traveled to Lesbos, a small island off the coast of Greece, to document the crisis of refugees fleeing conflicts in North Africa and the Mediterranean.  Here, artificial lighting creates a scene that resembles a film still, but the emotions that animate the faces of his subjects are genuine.  This series was intended to underscore Europe's inability to isolate itself from the suffering taking place across the Mediterranean."

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