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Maciek Nabrdalik (left) Nieman Fellow and documentary photographer, speaks about his exhibit, "Refugee Crisis," at the Crossings Gallery at the Harvard EdPortal. \u201cI don\u2019t treat it as artwork. It\u2019s not a show that I would like you to … compliment me for."<\/p>

Kris Snibbe\/Harvard Staff Photographer<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\t

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\n\t\tDeborah Blackwell\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t

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\n\t\t\tEdPortal photo exhibit documents tribulations endured by emigrants\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\n<\/header>\n\n\n\n
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After they\u2019ve survived a harrowing trip across the Mediterranean in a crowded rubber boat, fleeing war and violence in the Middle East and Africa, many refugees do something anyone might do when they reach a safe harbor \u2014 they take out their cellphones and capture that once-inconceivable moment.<\/p>\n

To Maciek Nabrdalik<\/a>, a Polish documentary photographer and 2017 Nieman Fellow, it\u2019s a simple, natural reaction. But as refugees came ashore on the beach of Lesbos, Greece, late last year, it was the angry reaction of another photojournalist that captured Nabrdalik\u2019s eye. For him, it exemplified the stereotypes now rising in European Union countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cA photographer working for one of the biggest wire services, talking to two volunteers, said \u2018When I see those people jumping out of the boat and taking selfies I\u2019m so [angry] I don\u2019t even take my camera out,\u2019\u201d Nabradalik said at a program last Wednesday at the Harvard Ed Portal<\/a> that examined the politics and prejudices surrounding the migration crisis in Europe.<\/p>\n

\u201cI found this man at that very moment guilty of what people in my country and Europe think of the refugees.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2015 the International Organization for Migration<\/a> reported that more than 1 million refugees from Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Nigeria, Somalia, and other countries had crossed into Europe, mostly by sea. This year\u2019s tally has already passed 300,000. The media has called it the greatest movement of people since World War II, and it has been deadly: In 2015 more than 3,700 migrants died trying to make the crossing, including many children.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\n\n\t

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Cambridge residents Nani Jansen Reventlon (from left), her husband Andreas Reventlon, and Harvard lecturer Louie Dean Valencia-Garcia and grad student Ariel Elizarov converse among the exhibit. Kris Snibbe\/Harvard Staff Photographer\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\n\t\r\n\n

\u201cBehind every single one of those numbers is an individual with a story, with a life, with hopes, with dreams, with nightmares, and these are the things that we don\u2019t often see,\u201d said Nkem Ifejika<\/a>, a 2017 Nieman Fellow and presenter on the BBC World Service, who moderated the program. \u201cWhenever we discuss refugees we use words such as \u2018swamping,\u2019 as if they are sludge, or words like \u2018swarm,\u2019 as if human beings are locusts, or \u2018flood\u2019 as if they are like an inanimate, destructive, uncontrollable phenomenon.\u201d<\/p>\n

A collection of Nabrdalik\u2019s work called \u201cRefugee Crisis\u201d was the focal point for the panel discussion, which included three other Nieman Fellows: Berlin-based reporter and columnist Georg Diez<\/a>, German television correspondent Christian Feld<\/a>, and Karin Pettersson<\/a>, the political editor in chief at Aftonbladet, Scandinavia\u2019s largest daily newspaper.<\/p>\n

Pettersson, who was an important voice on the political left in Sweden during the refugee debate there over the last two years, said that many Europeans lack perspective on the crisis. \u201cI believe [the images from the front line] had an impact on civil society and initiatives from citizens to help refugees, and impacted policymakers in the EU for a short period of time \u2014 but that effect was not lasting. The refugee crisis isn\u2019t over, rather the opposite.\u201d<\/p>\n

Determined to bring awareness to the necessity of equal human rights, Nabrdalik followed the refugees on their journeys from Lesbos through Europe, documenting their plight in pictures as they went. It is a mission he said, not one he was assigned, but one he was called to, photographing them from a whole new perspective.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are moved but feel you can\u2019t do anything. This exhibition and its simple form is meant to be a conversation-starter,\u201d said Nabrdalik. \u201cI don\u2019t treat it as artwork. It\u2019s not a show that I would like you to go away with seeing nice frames and complimenting me for them \u2026 but hope for change.\u201d<\/p>\n\r\n\t\n\n\t

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Neman Fellows Maciek Nabrdalik (from left), Karin Pettersson, Georg Diez, and Christian Feld participated in a panel discussion. Kris Snibbe\/Harvard Staff Photographer\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\n\t\r\n\n

On assignment, Diez also took a trip to Greece to witness the humanitarian crisis firsthand. He said this could be a historic moment for Europe, an opportunity to model how to deal with sudden migration from war-torn or economically depressed countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is what it means to be a citizen. You don\u2019t ask where you come from, you just help. On a one-on-one basis you build something, but it has turned into a politicized field of hatred and cynicism,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd people to this day don\u2019t talk about the facts.\u201d<\/p>\n

Feld said that so far, the European Union has failed to effectively deal with the influx of refugees or rally member states to share the burden.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 28 member states did not use their potential in terms of power and wealth to tackle what has to be called a humanitarian catastrophe,\u201d he said. \u201cThe Union was not a union at all. This willingness to compromise seems to have vanished during this crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n

About 100 people attended the program, which also served as the opening of Nabrdalik\u2019s exhibition, which will be on display at the Ed Portal\u2019s Crossings Gallery<\/a> in Allston through Oct. 27.<\/p>\n

Eva Rosenberg, arts program manager at the Ed Portal, said the issues his photos address could not be more timely or important.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Ed Portal hopes to create the opportunity for dialogue about important issues of our day. Hosting five Nieman Fellows in conversation about the crisis epitomizes this,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Nancy Kalajian of Somerville came to the program sensitive to the plight of refugees because of her family history.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am a grandchild of Armenian Genocide survivors,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen I watch TV and see so many refugees in crisis it seems that very little has changed in over 100 years for people in many parts of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nabrdalik\u2019s experience at the border left deep marks on him. Exhausted, hungry and clutching a small pack of whatever remained from their lives, these people were willing to risk drowning to flee the violence of their homeland, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe refugees thought of this moment as a rebirth, very often they would say it\u2019s a new life for them. I think if the media would show refugees with their cellphones just like us, maybe people would like to have them as neighbors,\u201d said Nabrdalik. \u201cBut I\u2019m not sure photography is enough.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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It\u2019s not a show that I would like you to ... compliment me for."<\/p><p class=\"wp-element-caption--credit\">Kris Snibbe\/Harvard Staff Photographer<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\t<div class=\"article-header__content\">\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\tclass=\"article-header__category\"\n\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/section\/nation-world\/\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\tNation & World\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t<h1 class=\"article-header__title wp-block-heading \">\n\t\tThe refugee crisis in black and white\t<\/h1>\n\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"article-header__meta\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-post-author\">\n\t\t\t<address class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"author wp-block-post-author__name\">\n\t\tDeborah Blackwell\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-post-author__byline\">\n\t\t\tHarvard Correspondent\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/address>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<time class=\"article-header__date\" datetime=\"2016-10-11\">\n\t\t\tOctober 11, 2016\t\t<\/time>\n\n\t\t<span class=\"article-header__reading-time\">\n\t\t\t6 min read\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"article-header__subheading wp-block-heading\">\n\t\t\tEdPortal photo exhibit documents tribulations endured by emigrants\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\n<\/header>\n"},"2":{"blockName":"core\/group","attrs":{"templateLock":false,"metadata":{"name":"Article content"},"align":"wide","layout":{"type":"constrained","justifyContent":"center"},"tagName":"div","lock":[],"className":"","style":[],"backgroundColor":"","textColor":"","gradient":"","fontSize":"","fontFamily":"","borderColor":"","ariaLabel":"","anchor":""},"innerBlocks":[{"blockName":"core\/freeform","attrs":{"content":"","lock":[],"metadata":[]},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n\t\t<p>After they\u2019ve survived a harrowing trip across the Mediterranean in a crowded rubber boat, fleeing war and violence in the Middle East and Africa, many refugees do something anyone might do when they reach a safe harbor \u2014 they take out their cellphones and capture that once-inconceivable moment.<\/p>\n<p>To <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nabrdalik.com\">Maciek Nabrdalik<\/a>, a Polish documentary photographer and 2017 Nieman Fellow, it\u2019s a simple, natural reaction. But as refugees came ashore on the beach of Lesbos, Greece, late last year, it was the angry reaction of another photojournalist that captured Nabrdalik\u2019s eye. For him, it exemplified the stereotypes now rising in European Union countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA photographer working for one of the biggest wire services, talking to two volunteers, said \u2018When I see those people jumping out of the boat and taking selfies I\u2019m so [angry] I don\u2019t even take my camera out,\u2019\u201d Nabradalik said at a program last Wednesday at the <a href=\"http:\/\/edportal.harvard.edu\">Harvard Ed Portal<\/a> that examined the politics and prejudices surrounding the migration crisis in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI found this man at that very moment guilty of what people in my country and Europe think of the refugees.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2015 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iom.int\">International Organization for Migration<\/a> reported that more than 1 million refugees from Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Nigeria, Somalia, and other countries had crossed into Europe, mostly by sea. This year\u2019s tally has already passed 300,000. The media has called it the greatest movement of people since World War II, and it has been deadly: In 2015 more than 3,700 migrants died trying to make the crossing, including many children.<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n\t\t<p>After they\u2019ve survived a harrowing trip across the Mediterranean in a crowded rubber boat, fleeing war and violence in the Middle East and Africa, many refugees do something anyone might do when they reach a safe harbor \u2014 they take out their cellphones and capture that once-inconceivable moment.<\/p>\n<p>To <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nabrdalik.com\">Maciek Nabrdalik<\/a>, a Polish documentary photographer and 2017 Nieman Fellow, it\u2019s a simple, natural reaction. But as refugees came ashore on the beach of Lesbos, Greece, late last year, it was the angry reaction of another photojournalist that captured Nabrdalik\u2019s eye. 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The refugee crisis isn\u2019t over, rather the opposite.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Determined to bring awareness to the necessity of equal human rights, Nabrdalik followed the refugees on their journeys from Lesbos through Europe, documenting their plight in pictures as they went. It is a mission he said, not one he was assigned, but one he was called to, photographing them from a whole new perspective.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are moved but feel you can\u2019t do anything. This exhibition and its simple form is meant to be a conversation-starter,\u201d said Nabrdalik. \u201cI don\u2019t treat it as artwork. 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Kris Snibbe\/Harvard Staff Photographer\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t","innerContent":["\n\n\t<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/100516_refugee_114_360049-605-embed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-208951\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Neman Fellows Maciek Nabrdalik (from left), Karin Pettersson, Georg Diez, and Christian Feld participated in a panel discussion. Kris Snibbe\/Harvard Staff Photographer\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t"],"rendered":"\n\n\t<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/100516_refugee_114_360049-605-embed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-208951\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Neman Fellows Maciek Nabrdalik (from left), Karin Pettersson, Georg Diez, and Christian Feld participated in a panel discussion. Kris Snibbe\/Harvard Staff Photographer\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t"},{"blockName":"core\/freeform","attrs":{"content":"","lock":[],"metadata":[]},"innerBlocks":[],"innerHTML":"\n<p>On assignment, Diez also took a trip to Greece to witness the humanitarian crisis firsthand. He said this could be a historic moment for Europe, an opportunity to model how to deal with sudden migration from war-torn or economically depressed countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is what it means to be a citizen. You don\u2019t ask where you come from, you just help. On a one-on-one basis you build something, but it has turned into a politicized field of hatred and cynicism,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd people to this day don\u2019t talk about the facts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Feld said that so far, the European Union has failed to effectively deal with the influx of refugees or rally member states to share the burden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 28 member states did not use their potential in terms of power and wealth to tackle what has to be called a humanitarian catastrophe,\u201d he said. \u201cThe Union was not a union at all. This willingness to compromise seems to have vanished during this crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>About 100 people attended the program, which also served as the opening of Nabrdalik\u2019s exhibition, which will be on display at the Ed Portal\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/edportal.harvard.edu\/arts-and-culture\">Crossings Gallery<\/a> in Allston through Oct. 27.<\/p>\n<p>Eva Rosenberg, arts program manager at the Ed Portal, said the issues his photos address could not be more timely or important.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ed Portal hopes to create the opportunity for dialogue about important issues of our day. Hosting five Nieman Fellows in conversation about the crisis epitomizes this,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Nancy Kalajian of Somerville came to the program sensitive to the plight of refugees because of her family history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am a grandchild of Armenian Genocide survivors,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen I watch TV and see so many refugees in crisis it seems that very little has changed in over 100 years for people in many parts of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nabrdalik\u2019s experience at the border left deep marks on him. Exhausted, hungry and clutching a small pack of whatever remained from their lives, these people were willing to risk drowning to flee the violence of their homeland, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe refugees thought of this moment as a rebirth, very often they would say it\u2019s a new life for them. I think if the media would show refugees with their cellphones just like us, maybe people would like to have them as neighbors,\u201d said Nabrdalik. \u201cBut I\u2019m not sure photography is enough.\u201d<\/p>\n","innerContent":["\n<p>On assignment, Diez also took a trip to Greece to witness the humanitarian crisis firsthand. He said this could be a historic moment for Europe, an opportunity to model how to deal with sudden migration from war-torn or economically depressed countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is what it means to be a citizen. You don\u2019t ask where you come from, you just help. On a one-on-one basis you build something, but it has turned into a politicized field of hatred and cynicism,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd people to this day don\u2019t talk about the facts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Feld said that so far, the European Union has failed to effectively deal with the influx of refugees or rally member states to share the burden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 28 member states did not use their potential in terms of power and wealth to tackle what has to be called a humanitarian catastrophe,\u201d he said. \u201cThe Union was not a union at all. This willingness to compromise seems to have vanished during this crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>About 100 people attended the program, which also served as the opening of Nabrdalik\u2019s exhibition, which will be on display at the Ed Portal\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/edportal.harvard.edu\/arts-and-culture\">Crossings Gallery<\/a> in Allston through Oct. 27.<\/p>\n<p>Eva Rosenberg, arts program manager at the Ed Portal, said the issues his photos address could not be more timely or important.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ed Portal hopes to create the opportunity for dialogue about important issues of our day. Hosting five Nieman Fellows in conversation about the crisis epitomizes this,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Nancy Kalajian of Somerville came to the program sensitive to the plight of refugees because of her family history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am a grandchild of Armenian Genocide survivors,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen I watch TV and see so many refugees in crisis it seems that very little has changed in over 100 years for people in many parts of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nabrdalik\u2019s experience at the border left deep marks on him. Exhausted, hungry and clutching a small pack of whatever remained from their lives, these people were willing to risk drowning to flee the violence of their homeland, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe refugees thought of this moment as a rebirth, very often they would say it\u2019s a new life for them. I think if the media would show refugees with their cellphones just like us, maybe people would like to have them as neighbors,\u201d said Nabrdalik. \u201cBut I\u2019m not sure photography is enough.\u201d<\/p>\n"],"rendered":"\n<p>On assignment, Diez also took a trip to Greece to witness the humanitarian crisis firsthand. He said this could be a historic moment for Europe, an opportunity to model how to deal with sudden migration from war-torn or economically depressed countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is what it means to be a citizen. You don\u2019t ask where you come from, you just help. On a one-on-one basis you build something, but it has turned into a politicized field of hatred and cynicism,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd people to this day don\u2019t talk about the facts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Feld said that so far, the European Union has failed to effectively deal with the influx of refugees or rally member states to share the burden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 28 member states did not use their potential in terms of power and wealth to tackle what has to be called a humanitarian catastrophe,\u201d he said. \u201cThe Union was not a union at all. This willingness to compromise seems to have vanished during this crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>About 100 people attended the program, which also served as the opening of Nabrdalik\u2019s exhibition, which will be on display at the Ed Portal\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/edportal.harvard.edu\/arts-and-culture\">Crossings Gallery<\/a> in Allston through Oct. 27.<\/p>\n<p>Eva Rosenberg, arts program manager at the Ed Portal, said the issues his photos address could not be more timely or important.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ed Portal hopes to create the opportunity for dialogue about important issues of our day. Hosting five Nieman Fellows in conversation about the crisis epitomizes this,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Nancy Kalajian of Somerville came to the program sensitive to the plight of refugees because of her family history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am a grandchild of Armenian Genocide survivors,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen I watch TV and see so many refugees in crisis it seems that very little has changed in over 100 years for people in many parts of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nabrdalik\u2019s experience at the border left deep marks on him. Exhausted, hungry and clutching a small pack of whatever remained from their lives, these people were willing to risk drowning to flee the violence of their homeland, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe refugees thought of this moment as a rebirth, very often they would say it\u2019s a new life for them. I think if the media would show refugees with their cellphones just like us, maybe people would like to have them as neighbors,\u201d said Nabrdalik. \u201cBut I\u2019m not sure photography is enough.\u201d<\/p>\n"}],"innerHTML":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide\">\n\n\r\n\t\n\t\r\n\r\n\t\n\t\r\n\n\n<\/div>\n","innerContent":["\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide\">\n\n","\r\n\t","\n\t\r\n","\r\n\t","\n\t\r\n","\n\n<\/div>\n"],"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\n\n\t\t<p>After they\u2019ve survived a harrowing trip across the Mediterranean in a crowded rubber boat, fleeing war and violence in the Middle East and Africa, many refugees do something anyone might do when they reach a safe harbor \u2014 they take out their cellphones and capture that once-inconceivable moment.<\/p>\n<p>To <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nabrdalik.com\">Maciek Nabrdalik<\/a>, a Polish documentary photographer and 2017 Nieman Fellow, it\u2019s a simple, natural reaction. But as refugees came ashore on the beach of Lesbos, Greece, late last year, it was the angry reaction of another photojournalist that captured Nabrdalik\u2019s eye. For him, it exemplified the stereotypes now rising in European Union countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA photographer working for one of the biggest wire services, talking to two volunteers, said \u2018When I see those people jumping out of the boat and taking selfies I\u2019m so [angry] I don\u2019t even take my camera out,\u2019\u201d Nabradalik said at a program last Wednesday at the <a href=\"http:\/\/edportal.harvard.edu\">Harvard Ed Portal<\/a> that examined the politics and prejudices surrounding the migration crisis in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI found this man at that very moment guilty of what people in my country and Europe think of the refugees.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2015 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iom.int\">International Organization for Migration<\/a> reported that more than 1 million refugees from Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Nigeria, Somalia, and other countries had crossed into Europe, mostly by sea. This year\u2019s tally has already passed 300,000. The media has called it the greatest movement of people since World War II, and it has been deadly: In 2015 more than 3,700 migrants died trying to make the crossing, including many children.<\/p>\n\r\n\t\n\n\t<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/100516_refugee_031_360053-605embed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-208950\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cambridge residents Nani Jansen Reventlon (from left), her husband Andreas Reventlon, and Harvard lecturer Louie Dean Valencia-Garcia and grad student Ariel Elizarov converse among the exhibit. Kris Snibbe\/Harvard Staff Photographer\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\n\t\r\n\n<p>\u201cBehind every single one of those numbers is an individual with a story, with a life, with hopes, with dreams, with nightmares, and these are the things that we don\u2019t often see,\u201d said <a href=\"http:\/\/nieman.harvard.edu\">Nkem Ifejika<\/a>, a 2017 Nieman Fellow and presenter on the BBC World Service, who moderated the program. \u201cWhenever we discuss refugees we use words such as \u2018swamping,\u2019 as if they are sludge, or words like \u2018swarm,\u2019 as if human beings are locusts, or \u2018flood\u2019 as if they are like an inanimate, destructive, uncontrollable phenomenon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A collection of Nabrdalik\u2019s work called \u201cRefugee Crisis\u201d was the focal point for the panel discussion, which included three other Nieman Fellows: Berlin-based reporter and columnist <a href=\"http:\/\/nieman.harvard.edu\/alumni\/current-fellows\/\">Georg Diez<\/a>, German television correspondent <a href=\"http:\/\/nieman.harvard.edu\/alumni\/current-fellows\/\">Christian Feld<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/nieman.harvard.edu\/alumni\/current-fellows\/\">Karin Pettersson<\/a>, the political editor in chief at Aftonbladet, Scandinavia\u2019s largest daily newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>Pettersson, who was an important voice on the political left in Sweden during the refugee debate there over the last two years, said that many Europeans lack perspective on the crisis. \u201cI believe [the images from the front line] had an impact on civil society and initiatives from citizens to help refugees, and impacted policymakers in the EU for a short period of time \u2014 but that effect was not lasting. The refugee crisis isn\u2019t over, rather the opposite.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Determined to bring awareness to the necessity of equal human rights, Nabrdalik followed the refugees on their journeys from Lesbos through Europe, documenting their plight in pictures as they went. It is a mission he said, not one he was assigned, but one he was called to, photographing them from a whole new perspective.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are moved but feel you can\u2019t do anything. This exhibition and its simple form is meant to be a conversation-starter,\u201d said Nabrdalik. \u201cI don\u2019t treat it as artwork. It\u2019s not a show that I would like you to go away with seeing nice frames and complimenting me for them \u2026 but hope for change.\u201d<\/p>\n\r\n\t\n\n\t<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/100516_refugee_114_360049-605-embed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-208951\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Neman Fellows Maciek Nabrdalik (from left), Karin Pettersson, Georg Diez, and Christian Feld participated in a panel discussion. Kris Snibbe\/Harvard Staff Photographer\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\n\t\r\n\n<p>On assignment, Diez also took a trip to Greece to witness the humanitarian crisis firsthand. He said this could be a historic moment for Europe, an opportunity to model how to deal with sudden migration from war-torn or economically depressed countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is what it means to be a citizen. You don\u2019t ask where you come from, you just help. On a one-on-one basis you build something, but it has turned into a politicized field of hatred and cynicism,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd people to this day don\u2019t talk about the facts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Feld said that so far, the European Union has failed to effectively deal with the influx of refugees or rally member states to share the burden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 28 member states did not use their potential in terms of power and wealth to tackle what has to be called a humanitarian catastrophe,\u201d he said. \u201cThe Union was not a union at all. This willingness to compromise seems to have vanished during this crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>About 100 people attended the program, which also served as the opening of Nabrdalik\u2019s exhibition, which will be on display at the Ed Portal\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/edportal.harvard.edu\/arts-and-culture\">Crossings Gallery<\/a> in Allston through Oct. 27.<\/p>\n<p>Eva Rosenberg, arts program manager at the Ed Portal, said the issues his photos address could not be more timely or important.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ed Portal hopes to create the opportunity for dialogue about important issues of our day. Hosting five Nieman Fellows in conversation about the crisis epitomizes this,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Nancy Kalajian of Somerville came to the program sensitive to the plight of refugees because of her family history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am a grandchild of Armenian Genocide survivors,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen I watch TV and see so many refugees in crisis it seems that very little has changed in over 100 years for people in many parts of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nabrdalik\u2019s experience at the border left deep marks on him. Exhausted, hungry and clutching a small pack of whatever remained from their lives, these people were willing to risk drowning to flee the violence of their homeland, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe refugees thought of this moment as a rebirth, very often they would say it\u2019s a new life for them. I think if the media would show refugees with their cellphones just like us, maybe people would like to have them as neighbors,\u201d said Nabrdalik. \u201cBut I\u2019m not sure photography is enough.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n"}},"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":340407,"url":"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2022\/03\/brent-renaud-remembered-by-fellow-journalists\/","url_meta":{"origin":208945,"position":0},"title":"Dangers of journalism leave Nieman Fellows grief-stricken","author":"Lian Parsons","date":"March 23, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The Nieman Class of 2022 honored Brent Renaud, a 2019 Nieman Fellow who was killed in Ukraine while working on a documentary about the global refugee crisis.","rel":"","context":"In "Nation & World"","block_context":{"text":"Nation & World","link":"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/section\/nation-world\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Brent Renaud.","src":"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/032222_Nieman_264-scaled.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/032222_Nieman_264-scaled.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/032222_Nieman_264-scaled.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/032222_Nieman_264-scaled.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":49316,"url":"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2010\/06\/nieman-foundation-for-journalism-announces-fellows-for-2011\/","url_meta":{"origin":208945,"position":1},"title":"Nieman Foundation for Journalism announces fellows for 2011","author":"harvardgazette","date":"June 9, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard has selected 25 journalists from the United States and abroad to join the 73rd class of Nieman Fellows. The group includes journalists who work in print, radio, television, photography, and online.","rel":"","context":"In "Campus & Community"","block_context":{"text":"Campus & Community","link":"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/section\/campus-community\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":146913,"url":"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2013\/09\/75-and-getting-younger\/","url_meta":{"origin":208945,"position":2},"title":"75 and getting younger","author":"harvardgazette","date":"September 26, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"As the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard celebrates its 75th anniversary, the institution firmly embraces the changes and uncertainties of journalism\u2019s future.","rel":"","context":"In "Campus & Community"","block_context":{"text":"Campus & Community","link":"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/section\/campus-community\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/niemanreportpage1_605.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/niemanreportpage1_605.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/niemanreportpage1_605.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9344,"url":"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2009\/05\/nieman-foundation-chooses-24-for-its-72nd-class-of-nieman-fellows\/","url_meta":{"origin":208945,"position":3},"title":"Nieman Foundation chooses 24 for its 72nd class of Nieman Fellows","author":"harvardgazette","date":"May 28, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard has selected 24 journalists from the United States and abroad to join the 72nd class of Nieman Fellows. 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