Presence in Absence

‘Presence in Absence’ is a reality that many migrants and their families are facing in both Europe and Africa. Families are being separated for many years and as a result of undocumented status often not capable to travel back. People are holding on to memories, tangible in the form of photos; carried with them or present in the privacy and intimacy of their (bed-)rooms. Photos of their family as well as of spiritual leaders, like from the Mouridism brotherhood of Serigne Touba.

Photographs
Judith Quax

Texts
Salah M. Hassan
Judith Quax

Graphic Design
PutGootink

Printing
Wilco Artbooks

Publishing
Lecturis

Pages 32
Size: 245 x 170 mm – 32 pages
Soft linen cover

ISBN: 978-94-9118-218-1

Published in 2014