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What image comes to your mind, hearing the word 'Asylumseeker' or 'refugee'? Big chance this is quite negative, because of pictures you have seen in the media.

 

But when you meet refugees yourself, mostly this perception will change immediately.

En so, what if you would see a picture of this 'refugee' dressed in other clothes, in a style of their dreamjob, photographed at another place and with a smile on their face?

 What if you meet them in a glossy magazine, in a positive vibe, instead of a newspaper, during a frustrating moment? 

 

Let's see and talk about how media can influence our perception... 

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© Mirjam Offringa, Research in 2013

Tim, from Syria

 

Al shabir,

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from Eritrea

Amir,

from

Eritrea

© Mirjam Offringa
© Mirjam Offringa

Taim

from Syria

Amina,

from

Eritrea

© Mirjam Offringa
© Mirjam Offringa

Ashebir,

from Eritrea.

© Mirjam Offringa
© Mirjam Offringa

Amina,

from Eritrea.

Al Shafee,

from Southern Sudan.

© Mirjam Offringa
© Mirjam Offringa

Trinh Quan from Vietnam

© Mirjam Offringa
© Mirjam Offringa
© Mirjam Offringa
© Mirjam Offringa

Angela,

from Servia

Scouting, styling, photography and editing by Mirjam Offringa.

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With many thanks for sponsoring/support:

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Shoes -   Schuurman schoenen

Clothes - 4Men Fashion, Roden

Guitar -  Janke Brands

COA -     AZC Drachten & Musselkanaal

          And all the great models volunteering for this project.

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