Aubrey Wade

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Aubrey Wade (born 1977 ) is a British freelance photographer and photojournalist who is best known for his reports from Niger and Sierra Leone . He also works for the UN Refugee Agency and is represented by Panos Pictures in London.

Wade lives in London and Berlin.

life and work

His parents were British citizens living in the Netherlands at the time of his birth. He studied social anthropology at Sussex University and then photojournalism at the University of the Arts London . The focus of his work is the documentation of peace building , marginalized groups and human rights .

photography

He is particularly interested in the aspect of telling stories using pictures and mainly carries out long-term projects. For example, he spent seven years documenting the lives of former fighters and marginalized youth after the end of the war in Freetown , the capital of Sierra Leone . He uses documentary photography to describe complex relationships and social issues, such as the refugee crisis in Europe . With this approach, he enables the viewer to directly relate to the people depicted and their experiences. His work is based on field research and collaborative processes . Wade has worked in numerous regions of Africa, including the United States , Latin America , Europe and South Asia . In addition to his long-term projects, Wade also takes on orders from leading publications and for projects from NGOs .

His most prestigious project to date was a commission from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees entitled No Stranger Place . This documentation deals with the coexistence of European families with refugees. The project is dedicated to the memory of Alan Kurdi , the little Kurdish boy who drowned in the Mediterranean Sea on September 2nd, 2015. Aubry Wade's family pictures show positive examples of the integration of refugees in Austria , Germany and Sweden .

His portfolio at Panos Pictures includes photos from Cairo , Freetown in Sierra Leone , Bayerebon in Ghana , Amulesse , Bankilaré and Kakassi in Niger , Monrovia in Liberia as well as photographs from Colchester and Brightlingsea in England. Wade publishes regularly in the weekend supplements of The Independent , The Telegraph and The Times , in the weekly newspaper The Observer and in the magazines D - la Repubblica delle donne , The Fader , Foto8 , Mare , Le Point and Smithsonian .

Movie

Wade also produced the 20-minute docu-drama Talking Borders , which he also worked on the script. The film is based on long-term field research by the British Conciliation Resources project , deals with the tension in the Mano River border region in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea and processes the material on a fictional level.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ No Stranger Place , accessed October 14, 2016.
  2. ↑ Joanna Bostock: No Stranger Place, Portraits of refugees in Austria and the locals who have welcomed them into their homes and families. , FM4 (Vienna), September 5, 2016, accessed on October 14, 2016.
  3. ^ Die Zeit (Hamburg): The new roommates from Homs and Raqqa , September 2, 2016, accessed on October 14, 2016.
  4. ↑ CNN : The people sharing their homes with refugees , September 4, 2016, accessed October 14, 2016.
  5. ^ Conciliation Resources: Talking Borders , accessed October 14, 2016.

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personal data
SURNAME Wade, Aubrey
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British photographer
DATE OF BIRTH 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Netherlands