Here, Waiting

Publisher:
Art Paper Editions
A photographic and collaborative work in a Reception Center for Asylum Seekers. In 2015, when a refugee camp settled in the Maximilian Park in the center of Brussels, Maroussia Prignot & Valerio Alvarez decided to work together around a photographic pro-ject on the issue of asylum and the reception given to it in Belgium. They went to a recep-tion center and got permission to enter and meet the people who are waiting for a res-ponse from the General Commissariat for Refugees and Stateless Persons. At first, a documentary approach was used. Afterwards, they created various work-shops together with the refugees, this over a period of three years. Prignot & Alvarez looked for the creation of a space, a method, that allowed a close collaboration with the refugees in order to construct an image and tell their story.
Authors
Maroussia Prignot, Valerio Alvarez
Year
2019
Length
144 pages
Cover
Softback
Binding
open spine binding
Dimensions
17 × 24 cm