Abdullah, 9, from Turkmenistan; “I had to leave all my toys behind. I don’t know when we left home. I don’t see the days.”
Ahmad, 17, from Syria; “My friend gave me this watch. He’s like a brother. He’s in Syria still. He’s coming in a week. The watch helps me remember our history.”
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Aisha, 14, from Syria; “I brought my charger because I need to use my phone to contact my friend in Sweden. We are going to live with him. My family was split up for hours on the journey and my phone didn’t work. It was horrible.”
Mariam, 56, from Syria; “I take it for pain. The traveling is bad for my knees. I have a headache everyday. The sun hurts my head. It gets so hot.”
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I felt that this image was particularly effective because it shows that some people have been left with nothing. The image is powerful in portraying to the audience what little some people have left and how desperate they are that they will give up everything to leave their homes and travel across the world to somewhere which is completely alien to them. The photographer used these images to give the refugees a voice and I feel that this image really connects to people and makes them realise that something drastic needs to be done to fix the problems the world is facing.
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Muhammed, 22, from Iraq; “I don’t have anything. No bag. I’m like this. I want to go to France because I speak French.”
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In response to James Mollison, I decided to choose a picture of a soldier who would be fighting in the countries these refugees are fleeing from and place it next to an image of a weapon he would be carrying, but on the other side I put an image of something that would be important to him. I decided to do this because it showed the other side of the situation and gives a wider insight into the people who are involved.
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