The Suitcase Project

I started this project alongside Jasmine Caye, a Swiss photographer, Ramin Rahman, an Afghan photographer and Anastasiia Kliuha, a Ukranian human rights researcher as a long-term analogue photography project by and for refugees and displaced people across Europe and around the world.

A suitcase, containing a camera, a roll of film and a diary, passes from person to person. Each temporary owner of the suitcase takes photographs and writes in the diary, before passing it on.

In a world where new crises continuously dominate headlines, often overshadowing past events, this project leverages traditional 35mm film and paper journals to encourage a slower, more contemplative reflection on past and ongoing stories.

The project also transforms the subjects of news reporting - those who leave their homes, fleeing war or violence or seeking better lives - into the storytellers themselves, sharing their experiences and expressing what "home" means to them now.

Find out more on the project website: www.suitcaseandcamera.org or join us for the project exhibition at the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum in Geneva. Opening as part of the FIFDH on the 14th of March 2024.