A Tragedy Unfolds on Lesvos – The New Yorker

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A Tragedy Unfolds on Lesvos

Alex Majoli’s stark black-and-white photographs show refugees’ continuing struggle to register with Greek authorities.

via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/a-tragedy-unfolds-on-lesvos

Alex Majoli’s photographs are shot digitally, with a strong flash, to create “theatre out of reality,” as he puts it. Drawing influence from the Italian absurdist Luigi Pirandello, Majoli uses his lens to capture the increasingly surreal geopolitical landscape of Europe today