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César Dezfuli
César Dezfuli was born in 1991 in Madrid. Self-taught in photography and trained as a journalist in various newsrooms, he now works as a freelance photojournalist, focusing on humanitarian crises and international affairs. He has documented elections in Kenya, Rwanda, and Kosovo, the twentieth anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia, and families in China who have flouted the country’s one-child policy.
At Kyotographie 2023, Dezfuli’s work Passengers will be exhibited. Passengers is an ongoing project that seeks to put a human face on the migrant crisis at the borders of Europe. In 2016 alone, 181,436 migrants were rescued trying to cross the Mediterranean, while 4,576 lost their lives at sea. Dezfuli photographed 118 of these migrants minutes after they were rescued from a rubber boat drifting 20 miles off the coast of Libya, recording the expressions on their faces and the marks on their bodies that showed the state they were in after a long journey that had already marked their lives forever. He has since met with over 70 of them, living scattered across Europe. The goal of Passengers is to understand these people’s stories and what led them to leave their homes, and to awaken empathy for those who find themselves in circumstances that compel them to migrate.
At Kyotographie 2023, Dezfuli’s work Passengers will be exhibited. Passengers is an ongoing project that seeks to put a human face on the migrant crisis at the borders of Europe. In 2016 alone, 181,436 migrants were rescued trying to cross the Mediterranean, while 4,576 lost their lives at sea. Dezfuli photographed 118 of these migrants minutes after they were rescued from a rubber boat drifting 20 miles off the coast of Libya, recording the expressions on their faces and the marks on their bodies that showed the state they were in after a long journey that had already marked their lives forever. He has since met with over 70 of them, living scattered across Europe. The goal of Passengers is to understand these people’s stories and what led them to leave their homes, and to awaken empathy for those who find themselves in circumstances that compel them to migrate.
Schedule | Apr 15 (Sat) 2023-May 14 (Sun) 2023 Opening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥800, Students ¥600 *For more information about Kyotographie Passport, please visit the official website. | ||||
| Website | https://www.kyotographie.jp/en/programs/2023/cesar-dezfuli/ | ||||
| Venue | Sfera https://ricordi-sfera.com/?lang=en | ||||
| Location | 17 Benzaiten-cho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 605-0086 | ||||
| Access | 2 minute walk from exit 9 at Gion-shijo Station on the Keihan line, 2 minute walk from exit 1 at Sanjo Station on the Keihan line, 5 minute walk from exit 2 at Sanjo Keihan Station on the Tozai subway line, 5 minute walk from exit 1B at Kyoto-kawaramachi Station on the Hankyu line. | ||||
| Phone | 075-532-1109 | ||||
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