The Halifax Museum of immigration focuses on immigration past and present (1604 onwards) and now features an exhibit that highlights the experiences of refugees in the recent years called Crossing Lines: A New Age of Migration.
This exhibit showcases the photojournalism of Darren Ell and Roger LeMoyne. Dan Conlin, the curator of the Canadian Museum of Immigration, worked with Ell and LeMoyne to put the exhibit together.
He says about the pair, “What I really like about Roger and Darren’s work is you get these big-scale, on-the-spot looks, but also the people are front and centre,” Conlin said in addition to shots taken in the field, there are also portraits of refugees who are now in Canada to “sharpen up the individual experience.”
One of his other favourites is the portrait of a Syrian refugee named Hala in Montreal.
“Her look of pain and reflection is just so powerfully conveyed. The lighting is so delicate, it reminds of Vermeer’s [Girl with a Pearl Earring] portrait,” Conlin said.
The exhibit runs until march 24.
