How a French Photographer Made Intimate Photos of Female Refugees

Marie Dorigny’s intimate photos of women who arrived in Europe as migrants are on display at the Visa Pour l’Image photo festival in Perpignan, France.

via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/08/30/how-a-french-photographer-made-intimate-photos-of-female-refugees/

In December, the French photographer Marie Dorigny arrived in Lesbos, Greece, to document the refugee crisis there. Many of the migrants, fleeing war-torn countries and landing by boat, were women and children whose needs posed special challenges to the European Union, the United Nations and various nongovernmental organizations struggling to cope