© 2015 Jason Florio

Waiting for release
2015
Black and White Digital Type-C Print
Edition of 20
16 x 20 inches

A Bangladeshi man waits his turn to be lifted from the hold of a smuggler boat. He was one of 414 migrants and refugees found lost at sea off the coast of Libya. 414 men, women and children were crammed into a fishing boat designed for a crew of 10, including 150 packed below the deck. The NGO, Migrant Offshore Aid Station located the vessel with their camera drone and intercepted it, rescuing all onboard.