Diana Markosian Doud, age 11. Wolfsburg, Germany. 2017.
"It was night when Doud boarded a small rubber boat. It was his first time seeing the ocean, and now he was amongst a group of refugees, escaping their home
(...) s in search of freedom elsewhere. Doud didn't know how to swim and feared the boat would sink. A year later, now in Germany, he is with a handful of other refugees learning to swim as a way of overcoming their fear of water associated with the journey they made to Europe. When I look at this image, I see the trauma that accompanied Doud's sacrifice. It's a constant duality for me: there's no freedom without that risk."
- Diana Markosian © Diana Markosian | Magnum Photos
