ジョン・スタンメイヤーのインスタグラム(johnstanmeyer) - 11月24日 02時06分

Bearing Witness ~ The Refugee Crisis

Displaced Rohingya’s from Myanmar (Burma) at a refugee camp just outside of Cox’s Bazaar in Bangladesh ~ Photographed in late 1996.
Today, tens of thousands of Rohingya are still in the act of desperate migration due to oppression in Myanmar. I took this photograph nearly 20 years ago while working on the refugee crisis of the Rohingyan’s. A poignant example of how two decades later, fellow human beings are still displaced, homeless, without passports (that strange document that allows us to cross invisible lines humans place on earth), caught in limbo, forgotten or in the desperate act of migration for hope.

This image is part of a multi-week series, #BearingWitnesstheRefugeeCrisis, delving deep into my archive of more than 20 years documenting forced migration based upon war, conflict, poverty and oppression around the world.

The events we are witnessing throughout Europe and beyond have haunted humanity for centuries, most often caused by the weakness of humanity. Today we are seeing the largest mass migration since World War II, the desperate act of tens of thousands fleeing war and oppression.

Throughout the coming weeks I will be putting a human face on this tragedy, illustrating the reality we bear witness today -- our brothers and sisters in the dire act of survival. NO, these are not terrorist. They are mothers, sons. Men, daughters. You and me, all on a journey for hope.

Join me by sharing this story over the coming weeks as we visit eastern Turkey and its border with Syria, Haiti, Cuba, South Sudan, Bangladesh and yes, images soon from Izmir, Turkey, to the beaches of Lesvos, Greece, where I've just returned.

A story that is about all of us.

All my best,

John Stanmeyer

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