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Portfolio - Limbo - Exodus 

Emin Ozmen 

When I started to document Syrian civil war, it was also the beginning of another story: consequences of this war and the other Middle East current conflicts on the civilians. Since 2012, I have undertaken a long-term project about the populations uprooted by the spiral of conflicts. I had traveled many times to Syria, Iraq, Turkey, Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Austria, Germany, Italy and France to meet people who were forced into becoming “refugees”. Through my work, I have tried to collect their stories and to “capture” their experiences and feelings. The lives of all these people,... 

Emin Ozmen 2012

Syria. Aleppo. August 2012. A family tries to escape from their... 

Emin Ozmen 2014

TURKEY. Suruc. September 2014. For several weeks, Kurdish Syrian... 

Emin Ozmen 2014

TURKEY. Suruc. September 2014. A Syrian family has just crossed... 

Emin Ozmen 2015

TURKEY. Bodrum. July 2015. Exhausted refugees who have just failed... 

Emin Ozmen 2015

TURKEY. Bodrum. July 2015. Refugees crossing the sea from the... 

Emin Ozmen 2015

GREECE. September 2015. Refugees rest on a ferry that the Greek... 

Emin Ozmen 2014

TURKEY. Suruc. September 2014. Syrians wait for hours in a car... 

Emin Ozmen 2015

SYRIA. Kobani. March 2015. Life continues in Kobani, a Syrian... 

Emin Ozmen 2015

HUNGARY. Villany. September 2015. A train leaving from Villany... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

IRAQ. Mosul. November 2016. Civilians wait near the village of... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

IRAQ. Mosul. November 2016. Civilians cross the Tigris River... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

TURKEY. Gaziantep. November 2016. Syrian refugees taking Turkish... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

TURKEY. Mersin. 2017. A Syrian refugee smokes sisha under the... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

GREECE. April 2016. Refugees play near the Idomeni camps on Greek-Macedonian... 

Emin Ozmen 2020

Syria, Idlib. 2020. Since December 2019, people took shelter... 

Emin Ozmen 2020

Turkey, Edirne. 2020. Migrants wait in front of Greek border... 

Emin Ozmen 2020

Turkey, Edirne. 2020. Border between Turkey and Greece at Pazarkule... 

Emin Ozmen 2020

Turkey, Edirne. 2020. Migrants wait in front of Greek border... 

Emin Ozmen 2020

Turkey, Edirne. 2020. Migrants wait for food distribution in... 

Emin Ozmen 2020

Turkey, Edirne. 2020. Thousands of migrants wait in buffer zone... 

Emin Ozmen 2020

Turkey, Edirne. 2020. Syrian refugees warm near a fire on Turkish... 

Emin Ozmen 2020

Turkey, Edirne. 2020. Young migrant watchs Greek side of the... 

Emin Ozmen 2020

TURKEY. Edirne. 2020. A man is desperately trying to protect... 

Emin Ozmen 2020

Turkey, Edirne. 2020. Migrants run away as Greek police use tear... 

Emin Ozmen 2020

Turkey, Edirne. 2020. Greek riot police stands near turkish Greek... 

Emin Ozmen 2020

Turkey, Edirne. 2020. Migrants run away as Greek police use... 

Emin Ozmen 2020

Turkey, Edirne. 2020. Migrants wait in buffer zone between Turkish... 

Emin Ozmen 2020

Turkey, Edirne. 2020. Migrants wait in buffer zone between Turkish... 

Emin Ozmen 2020

Turkey, Edirne. 2020. A man sleeps on the ground as thousands... 

Emin Ozmen 2020

Syria, Idlib. 2020. Since December 2019, people took shelter... 

Emin Ozmen 2020

Syria, Idlib. 2020. As Syrian regime offensive intensified in... 

Emin Ozmen 2020

Syria, Idlib. 2020. As Syrian regime offensive intensified in... 

Emin Ozmen 2019

Turkey, Mardin. 2019. Children play near train station in Istasyon... 

Emin Ozmen 2019

Turkey, Mardin. 2019. Children play in Istasyon neighbourhood... 

Emin Ozmen 2018

Hatay, Turkey, 2018. Ahmed 15, pictured during the production... 

Emin Ozmen 2018

Hatay, Turkey, 2018. Halil, 16 years old, wait with the other... 

Emin Ozmen 2018

Mersin, Turkey, 2018. Syrian kids play near a seasonal Syrian... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

Greece, Idomeni. 2016. More than 11,000 people are living in... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

Greece, Idomeni. 2016. Two men stand in Idomeni camp. Their suits... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

Greece, Idomeni. 2015. Young refugee girls collect flowers near... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

Greece, Athens. 2016. More than 5,000 people lives in poor conditions... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

Turkey, Izmir. 2016. Mazen Wasem, poses on his coach. He was... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

Turkey, Izmir. 2016. Ahmed 22 (right) and his son Yasir poses... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

Turkey, Gaziantep. 2016. Syrian family poses in their home in... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

Turkey, Gaziantep. 2016. Twin sisters Sied 12 and Sidra 12 poses... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

Turkey, Izmir. 2016. Young Syrian refugees being check up by... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

Turkey, Gaziantep. 2016. Mahmud, 8 with his rooster in a garage... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

Turkey, Izmir. 2016. Lilan 7 sleeps on the couch. She fled from... 

Emin Ozmen 2016

Turkey, Mersin. 2016. Syrian children work intensely in a textile... 

Emin Ozmen 2015

Germany, Straubing. 2015. Yazan, 22, has finally arrived in Germany... 

Emin Ozmen 2015

Germany, Passau. 2015. German police arrests and registering... 

Emin Ozmen 2015

Croatia, Tovarnik. 2015. Refugees cross the border that separates... 

Emin Ozmen 2015

Macedonia, Gevgelia. 2015. A young refugee tries to rest in a... 

Emin Ozmen 2015

Macedonia, Gevgelia. 2015. A refugee says goodbye from a train... 

Emin Ozmen 2015

Hungary, Villany. 2015. A Syrian refugee woman and her baby has... 

Emin Ozmen 2015

Greece, Idomeni. 2015. Thousands of refugees try to rest in in... 

Emin Ozmen 2015

Greece, Athens. 2015. Hundreds of other refugees disembark from... 

Emin Ozmen 2015

Greece, Lesvos. 2015. Refugees rest on a ferry that the Greek... 

Emin Ozmen 2015

Greece, Lesvos. 2015. Refugees waits on the queue with the official... 

Emin Ozmen 2015

Greece, Lesvos. 2015. Refugees arrive in Lesvos, after a very... 
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