New York-based Spanish-American artist Yolanda del Amo re-envisions the illustration of refugees in her current sequence, “Refuge.” Countering mainstream media representations, which frequently portrays them in massive crowds, devoid of individuality, and immiserated, del Amo’s photographs humanize the refugee expertise, bringing life to their tales.
Specializing in the combination of refugees in Germany after the large inflow in 2015, she pictures Germans and migrants residing collectively underneath one roof: foster households who had taken in a minor, {couples} who had been in romantic relationships, and flats that had been shared by roommates, refugees, and natives. “In these combined habitats, Germans and refugees agreed to share a house and negotiate their variations in habits, meals, tradition, and faith,” she explains. “Emphasizing togetherness quite than otherness, Refuge supplies a counter-point to the ‘us versus them’ narrative.”
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