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2016 A Place Of Irrelevance - Lesvos

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  • Empty parking lot of a vacation resort on the northern shores of Lesvos.
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  • Ripe tanjareens scattered on the ground in an empty vacation resort in Lesvos.
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  • Rooftops in the Islands capital, Mytilini, with hotel "La Mirage" in the center.
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  • A woman lights candles in Saint Nicholaos (Nicolas) church, in the coastal village of Petra. S. Nicholaos, patron of those who go out to the sea, is the Islands main saint. It seems that the people of the Island have an inseparable bond with whatever the sea provides them- For better or worse.
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  • "No compremise with the poverty. The life of misery. Organization, exertion for overturn".<br />
A sign by the Laborer Center of Lesvos.
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  • The Island was effected by massive waves of refugees in the past as well. The statue of the "Asia Minor Mother" is found on<br />
the waterfront of Epano Skala, in the Islands capital, Mytilene. It commemorates the arrival of christian refugees that<br />
were banished from Asia Minor (Modern Turkey) by force in 1922, and were forced to seek shelter on the Greek island of Lesvos.
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  • A farm near the petrified forest park.
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  • A fisherman is picking a fishing net on his boat at the small harbor of Skala Sikamineas. The small fishermen village was a landing point for hundreds of arriving refugees, with many of its people giving aid to the new uncalled guests. A woman managing a charity organization in the north of the island said that due to the current economic condition it is uncertain if those acts of solidarity will reoccur.
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  • Life jackets scattered in the mountains of northern Lesvos. The crisis left its mark on the Island’s landscape as well. Efforts have been made<br />
both by NGOs and locals to clean the beach, yet all across Lesvos you can still see the bright orange pieces.
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  • A migrant is brushing his hair after dipping in the water of the Aegean sea. Migrant and refugees, are currently located in one of three refugee camps across the island. they try to pass time in different ways until their status is decided by the authorities.<br />
Mytilene, Lesvos.
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  • Lights on the Turkish coast line as seen from northern Lesvos. After Turkey started to enforce departures towards the Island, few to no landings have been reported, a small family here, one or two men there, arrive with smugglers' speed boats.
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  • An empty lobby of a vacation resort. The manger said that regular guests from Europe that used to come for winter vacation were driven away by the images of migrants and refugees flooding the Island. Today the tourists choose other Greek Islands over Lesvos.
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  • A herd of sheep is seen in the mountains of northern Lesvos. Visual encounters dictated by the Island’s current reality.
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  • Boat wracks and life jackets are piled up in the "Grave Yard", a garbage dump in the mountains of northern Lesvos.
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  • A U.N second stage refugee camp stands mostly empty in northern Lesvos. Its main function was to provide first treatment to those who arrive on the island such as medical aid and dry clothing. After in recent week only sporadic arrivals have been documented, its current tenants are a local cleaning lady and a U.N security guard.
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  • An empty beach near the vilage of Skala Sikamineas.
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  • Stacks of rubber boats pieces gathered by an NGO in a local olive grove.<br />
The pieces will be recycled; bags and other products will be made of them.
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  • ferry is docking in the harbor of Mytilene, Lesvos. It was the main way of transportation to the mainland for the thousands of migrants and refugees that came to the island. They cannot leave Lesvos, many of them wait for their status to be determined for most the Island is their final station, a dead end.
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  • Moria refugee camp as seen from a plane leaving Lesvos towards the mainland.
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