Fifty-fifty
- Publisher
- GwinZegal
- Year
- 2017
- ISBN
- 9791094060209
- Specifications
- 37 × 60 cm
28 pages
I arrived in Libya for the first time in December 2014. Ras-Jedir, on the Tunisian border, then the town of Zuwara, known for the departures and shipwrecks of migrant boats leaving for Italy. Those who live fifty-fifty: death or life. In Zuwara I meet Younes, 26, a telecommunications engineer, who became a fixer for journalists. During our first meeting, Younes asks me a question that is both moving and relevant: “Are you here for the migrants or for the war? » Upsetting because it demonstrates the intentions of the media and the interest they have in his country. Relevant, direct and straightforward because it sets the context: is a dissociation possible between the war and the fate of migrants? The book FIFTY-FIFTY leads the viewer into a story where the relationships of visibility and invisibility are replayed between people who live together and meet for better and for worse. Samuel Gratacap