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Mare Mater

Mare Mater

2009

Patrick Zachmann

photographe, France

 

Lui-même fils d’une mère qui a traversé la Méditerranée depuis l’Algérie pour rejoindre la France, Patrick Zachmann raconte aujourd’hui le parcours de ces jeunes qui s’exilent vers l’Europe par la mer ; il part à la rencontre des mères quittées par leurs enfants, comme un écho à sa propre histoire familiale.

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Photographies : © Patrick Zachmann/Magnum Photos


France. Marseille, may 2011. Nizer, young tunisian illegal immigrant, 22, who came by boat from Sfax to Lampedusa.

France. Marseille, may 2011. Nizer, young tunisian illegal immigrant, 22, who came by boat from Sfax to Lampedusa.

GREECE. Boat carrying illegal immigrants off the coast of Samos island. August 2009.

GREECE. Boat carrying illegal immigrants off the coast of Samos island. August 2009.

Malta. June 2009. Takandja Detention Center where the illegal immigrants will stay between six and eighteen months. They are 315 refugees including 48 women. Block A. Courtyards Rooms 1+ 2.

Malta. June 2009.
Takandja Detention Center where the illegal immigrants will stay between six and eighteen months. They are 315 refugees including 48 women.
Block A. Courtyards Rooms 1+ 2.

Malta. June 2009. Lyster Barracks Detention Center in Hal Far. Illegal immigrants after disembarking are arrested by maltese police, who finger prints them, interviews them in order to try to figure out their country of origin. Then, they will spend between six and eighteen months in jail. Containers where the immigrants sleep.

Malta. June 2009. Lyster Barracks Detention Center in Hal Far. Illegal immigrants after disembarking are arrested by maltese police, who finger prints them, interviews them in order to try to figure out their country of origin. Then, they will spend between six and eighteen months in jail. Containers where the immigrants sleep.

Ben Guerden, Tunisia, April 2011.

Ben Guerden, Tunisia, April 2011.

Zarzis, Tunisia, April 2011. Oussama,19, avril 2011., is a candidate for illegal immigration to France*, through Lampedusa in Sicilia. He is posing at the place where he will embarq very soon.

Zarzis, Tunisia, April 2011. Oussama,19, avril 2011., is a candidate for illegal immigration to France*, through Lampedusa in Sicilia. He is posing at the place where he will embarq very soon.