Visualizing Mass Exodus
Journal: Focales
Year: 2018

The Syrian and Iraqi refugee migration crisis has not escaped the attention of the institutional royalty of contemporary photojournalism. Aside from the “masterpieces” of photojournalism, the iconography of this crisis includes “amateur” images made by refugees themselves, as they follow complex escape routes and wanderings that form a moving cartography of migration. The sincerity and evidentiary value of these images was the inspiration behind a major network documentary (Exodus : Our Jour...