Pipeline - Elena Perlino

human trafficking in Italy

KORTE INHOUD

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has declared Nigeria
among the top eight countries with the highest human trafficking
rates in the world. Photographer Elena Perlino has been working on
this extremely important topic for many years, focusing mainly on the
Italian connection since Italy has an extensive sex industry based on
trafficking from Africa. Perlino's work attempts to show the
complexities and contradictions of women's experiences,
documenting their daily life in Turin, Genoa, Rome, Naples and
Palermo. By collecting stories of women from Benin City (Edo State)
- where around 80% of trafficked women come from - this reportage
bears witness to the multiple reasons behind women's forced or
voluntary migration. Elena Perlino has succeeded in telling a
breathtaking story with elegance; this book became thus a harsh yet
touching portrait of one of Europe's most horrific daily scenes.

Elena Perlino (Italy, 1972) is a
documentary photographer covering
human issues. Her recent works have
been focusing on migration, ...
2014Taal: Engelszie alle details...

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2014Uitgever: Schilt Publishing224 paginasTaal: EngelsGrootte:  215x179x19ISBN-10: 9053308245ISBN-13: 9789053308240

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