They've made us ghosts /
Calais is a bottleneck for refugees in Europe. People from Afghanistan, Iran, Eritrea, Somalia, Syria and elsewhere find themselves stranded in the French port on their way to the United Kingdom, stopped by a complex border control regime comprising surveillance systems, fences and militaristic secu...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Zurich :
Cpress,
2017.
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| Summary: | Calais is a bottleneck for refugees in Europe. People from Afghanistan, Iran, Eritrea, Somalia, Syria and elsewhere find themselves stranded in the French port on their way to the United Kingdom, stopped by a complex border control regime comprising surveillance systems, fences and militaristic security. Christoph Oeschger captures the perspectives and realities of border guards and refugees in this new series, exploring the layers of violence embedded there, including displacement, political architecture, statistics and so on. The emptiness of the places he photographs and the absence of dramatic scenes act as an echo chamber, reflecting the sense of void that comes with enforced waiting. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 29 cm. |
| ISBN: | 395247102X 9783952471029 |