20.10.2016-28.02.2017
A very significant new exhibition titled “People on the Move” is on display at the Athens International Airport.
Pulitzer-prize winning Reuters photographer Yannis Behrakis presents the journey of refugees fleeing from war in their countries in search of a better life. Médecins Sans Frontières, responding at the frontline of the refugee crisis, gives a voice to Yannis Behrakis’ photographs: the voice of the refugees and of their own staff. Unique, moving stories that bring to light the human dimension of the crisis and the indelible scars left by this journey.
The Athens International Airport, a crossroads of people and cultures, becomes the hosting space for “People on the Move”, a video projection of 54 photographs and testimonials in Greek and English. The exhibition is on display from October 20th, 2016 through February 28th, 2017 in the airport’s Art & Culture area (Arrivals Level, entrance 1 / the exhibition area is accessible to passengers and airport visitors 24 hours a day).
Press Office / Athens International Airport tel: +30 210 35 37 227 e-mail: press_info@aia.gr www.aia.gr
Press Office / Médecins Sans Frontières, D. Roubis tel: +30 210 52 00 500 (109) / +30 6936 699142 e-mail: dimitris.roubis@athens.msf.org www.msf.gr Médecins Sans Frontières/MSF is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organization that provides medical aid to people excluded from healthcare and to victims of violence, conflicts, natural disasters and epidemics. Since the beginning of the refugee crisis in Greece in 2015, MSF has provided medical care to 69,055 people and humanitarian aid to 88.385 refugees in various parts of the country; MSF also developed search and rescue operations at sea, assisting in saving over 50,000 people in the Aegean and Central Mediterranean. Yannis Behrakis is one of the world’s leading photojournalists and is currently Chief Photographer of the Reuters news agency in Greece and Cyprus. Since the beginning of his career in 1987, he has received numerous awards. In 2015, the Guardian named him Photographer of the Year and in 2016, he was awarded a Pulitzer prize in the Breaking News photography category for his work on the refugee crisis.
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