Another Life: Human Flows / Unknown Odysseys

Another Life: Human Flows / Unknown Odysseys description

Each day sees the geopolitical climate becoming more defined by the impact of mass migration and, as this is a recurring theme in the 2019 Adelaide Festival, it’s fitting that the centrepiece of its visual arts component is this mighty exhibition from the Thessaloniki Museum of Photography. Twenty-six photographers – the majority of them active photojournalists – take part in this group exhibition, presenting over 160 of their works, chronicling one of the greatest dramas of recent history: the endless flow of desperate people out of Africa across the Mediterranean.

Focusing on the human element, each lens finds its own way of portraying the refugees’ despair, agony, loss, and sense of impasse. From raw, simple portraiture to epic compositions reminiscent of Delacroix or Géricault, from nightmarish visions of abandoned life jackets in their thousands to surreal images of refugees stumbling ashore on a beach full of sunbathers, this is a profoundly affecting collection that demands to be seen and talked about.\

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Curated by Hercules Papaioannou & Penelope Petsini

Featuring the work of

Alexandros Avramidis – Reuters / Petros Giannakouris – Associated Press / Louisa Gouliamaki – Agence France Presse / Yorgos Karahalis – Associated Press / Giorgos Katsagelos / Alexandros Katsis / Yannis Kolesidis – ?uropean Pressphoto Agency, Athens News Agency / Yannis Kontos – Polaris / Alkis Konstantinidis – Reuters / Giorgos Makkas – Panos Pictures / Aris Messinis – Agence France Presse / Sakis Mitrolidis – Agence France Presse / Dimitris Michalakis / Giorgos Moutafis / Yannis Behrakis – Reuters /Giannis Papanikos – Fos Photos, Associated Press / Antonis Pasvantis / Nikos Pilos – LAIF / Lefteris Pitarakis – Associated Press / Thanasis Stavrakis – Associated Press / Angelos Tzortzinis / Dimitris Tosidis – INTIME / Konstantinos Tsakalidis – SOOC / Kostas Tsironis / Milos Bicanski – Getty Images / Enri Canaj

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