Camps

As I've continued to explore Salgado's work, I'm barely beginning to understand just how big this problem is. I can barely wrap my head around just how many people are trapped in these camps worldwide. I can barely even put it into words; that is where Salgado comes in. There is a terrible beauty in this particular photo, a beauty that haunts me. The panoramic landscape shot serves its purpose well, cramming as much information into an image as possible...just as these refugees have been thrown together. However, despite all of the obvious pain and suffering that can be seen in this image, the central focus remains on hope. Hope that is found in the face of a child. A child whose innocence has not yet been taken by the horrors he endures. The sad reality is that by now, either this child has passed, or he has grown to know where he is. It is this fact that makes me want to spread the word, to help Salgado finish what he started. http://www.pdngallery.com/legends/legends10/
From Salgado's book MIGRATIONS: Humanity in Transition