Daniel Castro Garcia

Daniel Castro Garcia (Spanish, b. 1985)Aidone, Sicily, Italy, July 2017 Archival inkjet print 16 x 16 inch image on 16.5 x 16.5 inch paper Signed edition of 30 Daniel Castro Garcia’s photographs convey traumatic experiences of sub-Saharan migrants who embark on life-threatening journeys across the Mediterranean Sea to seek better lives in Europe. Realizing the complicated nature of photographing the refugee experience as an outsider, he explores the boundaries of storytelling while avoiding clichés of victimization. Working in Calais, Greece, Sicily, and many other sites, Garcia examines the lives and stories of people attempting to integrate into a foreign place, while he simultaneously challenges the visual culture and political rhetoric often used to represent and address the refugee crisis. Aidone, Sicily, Italy, July 2017 (2017) is from the series I Peri N'Tera (Feet on the Ground) (2015–18), which focuses on portraying the experiences of youth migrating from Africa to Italy via L