ナショナルジオグラフィックのインスタグラム(natgeo) - 12月18日 06時05分

Short Film by @ジョン・スタンメイヤー

Bearing Witness ~ The Refugee Crisis

November 11, 2015, Lesvos, Greece ~ "Life jackets save people. But never have they been worn like this, by thousands of ordinary people as tokens of desperate hope, the way soldiers wear armor into combat. In this instance, the no-man’s-land is an often stormy, dangerous crossing for a better life." An excerpt from my latest story in @ナショナルジオグラフィック, The Heartbreaking Stories a Life Jacket Can Tell, on the #refugeecrisis. To read the complete essay and more photographs of the present day refugee crisis in Turkey and Greece, visit copy/paste this link:

http://bit.ly/life_jackets

This image is part of a multi-week series, #BearingWitnesstheRefugeeCrisis, delving deep into my archive of more than 20 years documenting forced migration based upon war, conflict, poverty and oppression around the world.

The events we are witnessing throughout Europe and beyond have haunted humanity for centuries, most often caused by the weakness of humanity. Today we are seeing the largest mass migration since World War II, the desperate act of tens of thousands fleeing war and oppression.

Throughout the coming weeks I will be putting a human face on this tragedy, illustrating the reality we bear witness today -- our brothers and sisters in the dire act of survival. NO, these are not terrorist. They are mothers, sons. Men, daughters. You and me, all on a journey for hope.

Join me by sharing this story over the coming weeks as we visit eastern Turkey and its border with Syria, Haiti, Cuba, South Sudan, Bangladesh and yes, images soon from Izmir, Turkey, to the beaches of Lesvos, Greece, where I've just returned.

A story that is about all of us.

All my best,

John Stanmeyer

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