Sergi Cámara

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Event Details

European fence

The border that separates Europe from Africa – welfare from despair –between Morocco and Melilla Spain, is 12 kilometers long, six meters high, consists of a triple fence with motion sensors and infrared cameras, and is guarded by the army and police on both sides, 24 hours a day.

Despite the fortifications hundreds of young Africans try every night to jump over the fence of their last frontier, after a long and arduous journey to Europe. Many young men have died in their attempt to get over the wall, and many are injured by the razor sharp blades that are embedded in it, while Moroccan and Spanish police wait to detain them on each side.

This work performed by Sergi Camara for more than ten years and more than thirty times travelling to Melilla and Morocco shows that everything remain the same or even worse concerning human right violation in south border.

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Autor

Sergi Cámara

www.sergicamarapht.wordpress.com

Vic / Barcelona /1970

Documentary photographer, with experience in documentary works for media and cooperation organizations more than ten years in countries like Ruanda, Nigeria, Niger, Mali, Algeria, Sur Sudan, Ethiopia, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Panamá, Haiti, Yemen and Madagascar.

His work is focused in migrations from Africa to Europe, and also refugees. He had work for more than ten years in Spanish south border, in Melilla and Ceuta. In 2015 he performed the same route as refugees do from Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, Hungary, Croatia and Austria.

He worked for several organizations as: International Cooperation “Fundació La Caixa” where he worked documenting projects for expositions in Caixa Fórum Madrid and Barcelona. This work was performed in Ruanda, about Congo refugees displaced to Ruanda.

JRS (Jesuit Services to International refugee), where he worked documenting projects in Colombia, Venezuela, Panamá, Dominican Republic and Haiti.

Entreculturas, communication department, about works performed in Sur Sudan, Ethiopia and Madagascar. Generalitat de Cataluña, Welfare department, where he worked in a communicative- expositive work “Refugees odyssey to Europe”.

Time

June 15 (Thursday) - July 25 (Tuesday)

Location

Sala exposiciones Salvador de Madariaga

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