Postcards are a means of correspondence used mainly for sending short messages. It is also a support for photographic documentation and a means of communication that transcends borders. Usually reserved for happy holidays; Here, the postcard is a way to play on the dramatic vision of exile and the weight of their migrant journey, presenting the image with a dose of irony. With Jungleye, this editorial support becomes an alternative means of documenting the living conditions of displaced communities in order to initiate a new intercultural dialogue across borders.
Such as photojournalism and documentary photography, Jungleye photographers produce a visual memory in the form of a series of postcards.
Assuming that images say as much as words, the postcard remains a medium accessible to many people and becomes a gentle and extremely effective method for communicating the message of Jungleye.
Several types of set of postcards have been produced over the various Jungleye workshops:
- Wish we weren’t here in France, Germany and Lebanon : documenting the situation in refugee camps
- SameSame in France, Germany, Greece and Lebanon : documenting and comparing the living conditions in refugee camps in various countries
- Behind closed doors in Lebanon: documenting women’s daily routine in refugee camps
- I wish I were (in collaboration with Studio Public) in France : using photography collage to document a dream
On the road, in several countries : documenting several points of the migratory journey throughout photos archives from migrant’s phone - PariScape, in France : doucmenting the escape from refugee camps for one day as a tourist in Paris.
