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JORDAN / REFUGEE CAMP PICTURES
STORY: JORDAN / REFUGEE CAMP PICTURES
SOURCE: UNICEF
TRT: 4.04
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: MARCH 2013, ZA’ATARI REFUGEE CAMP, JORDAN
MARCH 2013, STILL IMAGES
1. Close up, road and tents at Za’atari refugee camp
2. Close up, shadows of photographers
3. Close up, girl and baby in tent
MARCH 2013, ZA’ATARI REFUGEE CAMP, JORDAN
4. Wide shot, tents at Za’atari refugee camp
5. Med shot, children at water tap
6. Med shot, children collecting water
7. Med shot, boys taking photographs
8. Close up, boy with camera taking photograph
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Agnes Montanari, Photographer:
“The whole point of the programme being the children telling about their life in the camp as a way for them to create memories.This is life also even if they are in a refugee camp, they came from Syria they probably will go back to Syria sometime but also their life here has to have a meaning. Memories is one important thing but also the fun of taking pictures just the pure fun of taking pictures. I am going to teach them in fact to report on their life.”
10. Wide shot, photography class
11. Med shot, Agnes talking to class pointing at picture
12. Close up, two boys listening
13. Wide shot Agnes pointing at whiteboard
14. Close up, boy putting hand up
15. Med shot, Agnes talking to class
16. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Maleq Al Zihiri, 17 years old
“I want to take pictures of the reality of life here. For people to see what is happening inside the tents and behind the fences. I want to take pictures like a photographer does.”
17. Close up, still photographs on whiteboard
18. Close up, Maleq talking about photos
19. Med shot, 3 boys listening and talking
20. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Amjad Belini, 18 years old:
“I want to show others through my pictures the atmosphere in the camp and that it’s very hard living here. We suffered back home and came to the camp as refugees. Now we have to endure life here.”
21. Med shot, children with disposable cameras
22. SOUNDBITE (English) Agnes Montanari, photographer:
“We have made the choice to give them disposable cameras. When you have film you are limited so you have to make choices, you have to think. They are, all of them take pictures with their cellphones so they have cameras but it’s so easy. It will push their imagination.”
23. Wide shot, photography class
24. Med shot, boy with camera
25. Med shot, Agnes showing how to use flash
26. Close up, pushing button on camera
27. Close up, feet walking along path
28. Med shot, two boys walking along path
29. Wide shot, boys taking photograph of boy and wheelbarrow
30. Med shot, boy taking photograph
31. Med shot, boys kneeling down to take photographs
32. Close up, boy taking photo
33. Wide shot, boys walking off along path
MARCH 2013, STILL IMAGES
34. Close up, child behind ripped tent
35. Close up, child in wheelbarrow
36. Close up, market stalls along camp road
37. Close up, girl standing in front of wall
MARCH 2013, ZA’ATARI REFUGEE CAMP, JORDAN
38. Close up, hand flicking through photographs
39. SOUNDBITE (English) Agnes Montanari, Photographer
“Now they are starting to take pictures that are more creative, more balanced, more spontaneous, which is really interesting.”
40. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Amjad Belini
“My family are happy because they have seen an improvement in my personality. I am more open with people and I talk more. We laugh about the pictures and what happens inside the classroom.”
41. Close up, boys listening in class
42. Close up, Amjad listening to Agnes
43. Wide shot, class
44. Close up, finger pointing at photo on whiteboard
45. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Amjad Belini:
“I hope that we will go back to Syria and everything will go back to normal. And everything that we have lost we will get back in the near future.”
46. Wide shot, three boys taking photographs
47. Med shot, from behind three boys taking photographs
48. Close up, boy taking photograph
MARCH 2013, STILL IMAGES
49. Close up, boy looking at camera
50. Close up, children looking at camera
51. Close up, boy on swing through fingers
Za’atari refugee camp in northern Jordan is home to about 100 thousand Syrians, half are children who have suffered the horrors of war.
A group of those children sheltering at the camp took part in a three-month photography project designed to help them recover from their extreme stress.
Agnes Montanari, a French photographer, taught the children how to use disposable cameras. And also demonstrated them techniques such as framing, using light and storytelling.
SOUNDBITE (English) Agnes Montanari, Photographer:
“The whole point of the programme being the children telling about their life in the camp as a way for them to create memories. This is life also even if they are in a refugee camp, they came from Syria they probably will go back to Syria sometime but also their life here has to have a meaning. Memories is one important thing but also the fun of taking pictures just the pure fun of taking pictures. I am going to teach them in fact to report on their life.”
The children that participated in the project were between 14 and 18 years old.
They met twice a week for lessons inside a pre-fabricated unit, and in between classes, the group put to practice what they had learned, taking photos around the camp with a focus on a different theme each week.
One of the boys participating in the project was 17 year old Maleq Al Zihiri and he wanted to use the pictures to show what their life was like.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Maleq Al Zihiri, 17 years old:
“I want to take pictures of the reality of life here. For people to see what is happening inside the tents and behind the fences. I want to take pictures like a photographer does.”
Amjad Belini another 17-year-old was one of a group of boys and girls taking part in a three-month photography project managed by Save the Children in partnership with UNICEF.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Amjad Belini,18 years old:
“I want to show others through my pictures the atmosphere in the camp and that it’s very hard living here. We suffered back home and came to the camp as refugees. Now we have to endure life here.”
And Agnes also saw the improvement as the days went by,
SOUNDBITE (English) Agnes Montanari, Photographer:
“Now they are starting to take pictures that are more creative, more balanced, more spontaneous which is really interesting.”
Amjad and his family were clearly benefiting from the programme through better interaction in their temporary home.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Amjad Belini:
“My family are happy because they have seen an improvement in my personality. I am more open with people and I talk more. We laugh about the pictures and what happens inside the classroom.”
And while the photography project provided them with some focus during Amjad’s time in Za’atari, thoughts of his future back home were never far away.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Amjad Belini:
“I hope that we will go back to Syria and everything will go back to normal. And everything that we have lost we will get back in the near future.”
The young photographers’ work was recently displayed at a gallery in central Amman. Under the title ‘Tomorrow’s memories: Life in Za’atari camp through the eyes of children’, the three-day exhibition attracted hundreds of visitors, including ambassadors, members of the public and tourists. There are now plans to take the group’s creative work further afield and on to the international stage.
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