Museum of Humanity, Guest exhibition by Michel Khoury

From Sunday 23 juni 2024 to be seen in Museum of Humanity. A Guest photographer Michel Khoury.

On view at Museum of Humanity, zaandam, from Sunday 23 June 2024. A guest exhibition by photographer Michel Khoury.

Amidst unrest and displacement, refugees around the world share a deep sense of loss and separation from their loved ones. Left Behind is a photographic project that captures the few heartbreaking stories of refugees who cling to memories of their families, children and homelands.

Each photograph in this series shows a refugee holding something that has deep personal meaning. A cherished keepsake that serves as a tangible connection to the family and home they left behind.

Despite losing almost everything, they find strength and comfort in the memories of their families. Through these images, photographer Michel Khoury hopes to evoke empathy, raise awareness and inspire people to take action to support refugees worldwide.

Michel Khoury was born in Syria and lived there for various periods of his childhood. Just before the war started in 2010, he returned, until he fled the country in 2023. He started with landscape photography and still lifes, and then also focused on product and portrait photography. After Michel Syria arrived in the Netherlands, he felt the desire to photograph displaced people. He wanted to convey their suffering and feelings to people who do not know this experience. Because he had to flee himself, and until recently lived in an asylum center, he knows exactly what this experience means in someone's life.