This project is a documentation of refugees’ journey to enter Europe. Though the main migration routes, the photographer covered crises in the Canary Islands, exploitation in Spanish plantations, refugee homelessness, and human rights violations in Poland’s frontier forests. This work focuses on themes as exclusion and systemic violence through black-and-white landscapes and static portraits.
Photo copyright: © Karol Grygoruk for Minority Rights Group International
Minority Rights Group is a leading human rights organization working with ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, and indigenous peoples worldwide. It supports minorities and indigenous peoples in the defence of their rights – to the lands they live on, to the languages they speak, to the beliefs they practise, to the cultures they enjoy, to equal opportunities in education and employment, and to full participation in public life.
Karol Grygoruk is a documentary photographer and activist. A graduate of the Institute of Applied Social Sciences at the University of Warsaw and a Ph.D. graduate from the Institute of Creative Photography in Opava. Co-founder of the RATS Agency. Ambassador for Leica Camera Poland. His documentary practice focuses on human rights, migration, and the lives of vulnerable and marginalized groups, particularly emphasizing themes of social exclusion and the impact of borders. In both his photography and academic work, he explores the ethics of visual storytelling, engaged photography, and the influence of new media on visual culture. He lives and works between Warsaw and the Middle East.
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