The Red Gold project examines and reports on three Mediterranean Sea countries, Italy, Spain, and Morocco, which are among the world’s largest exporters of vegetables and fruits. Female laborers who pick strawberries, red fruit, and tomatoes that arrived on our tables are not only paid less than men and work long hours, but are sexuallyContinue reading “Red Gold”
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Bitter Strawberries
I participated in the Bitter Strawberries investigation in collaboration with Danwatch in the spring-summer of 2021. Photos were taken in Huelva, Spain, the largest strawberry-producing region in Europe. As female migrant workers pick strawberries, they are frequently abused, isolated, and sexually harassed. Meryem tells the story of her boss forcing her into forced sexual relations.Continue reading “Bitter Strawberries”
Waiting For The Sea
Before leaving for Europe or Canada, Eritrean refugees start off in Ethiopia, the African country with the highest number of refugees (more than 660,000 according to UNHCR, of which around 130,000 are Eritrean). Most of them initially stay in camps close to the border, where “life is not acceptable because of the heat, the smallContinue reading “Waiting For The Sea”
Addis Abeba’s Female Bricklayers
Their hands are covered in dust, their faces are wrapped in scarves, and their feet are covered in muddy plastic dancers. Their movements are purposeful, and they only show signs of relenting when paused for a few minutes, during breaks. After that, they shake their wrists, open and close their fingers, and bend their backsContinue reading “Addis Abeba’s Female Bricklayers”
The Consequences
A femicide is defined as the murder or disappearance of a woman because of her gender or out of hatred, contempt, pleasure, or possession. Every sixty hours, a woman is killed in Italy. The number of murders is decreasing, but ‘femicide’, the killing of women by their partners, ex-partners, or other family members, is onContinue reading “The Consequences”
After The Lockdown
As part of the takeover of Instagram Women Photograph, an international association of female photographers, I made this series of photographs. I went walking along the Adda River near Milan as soon as the last lockdown was lifted in 2020. Emily Dickinson’s poems and my contact with nature, suspended by the pandemic, guided me.
Exhibition Red Gold
A photographic narrative set in three Mediterranean Sea-side countries, Italy, Spain and Morocco, among Europe’s and the world’s largest exporters of vegetables and fruits. Female laborers who pick strawberries, red fruits, and tomatoes we eat on our plates are not only paid less than men, they are also sexually harassed, blackmailed, assaulted, and raped. ThereContinue reading “Exhibition Red Gold”
Exhibition The Consequences
For three years, I collected images of faces, objects, and places which represent the point of view of people who were involved in a femicide and who haven’t given in to gender-based violence. Those dealing with the consequences of femicide – a term used to define the killing or disappearance of a woman because of her gender andContinue reading “Exhibition The Consequences”
Red Gold. Strawberries, Tomatoes, Harassment And Exploitation In The Mediterranean
Red Gold. Strawberries, tomatoes, harassment and exploitation in the Mediterranean is an investigative fieldwork documentary exposing exploitation, harassment and psychological torture suffered by women in the Mediterranean Sea region. There were more than 130 interviews conducted with female workers, unionists, and members of different associations for this investigation. The book examines living and working conditionsContinue reading “Red Gold. Strawberries, Tomatoes, Harassment And Exploitation In The Mediterranean”
The Consequences. Femicide And The Perspective Of Those Left Behind
A femicide is defined as the murder or disappearance of a woman because of her gender or out of hatred, contempt, pleasure, or possession. Every sixty hours, a woman is killed in Italy. The number of murders is decreasing, but ‘femicide’, the killing of women by their partners, ex-partners, or other family members, is onContinue reading “The Consequences. Femicide And The Perspective Of Those Left Behind”
