Limbo

January 1, 2016 by Phil Kneen Photography

‘The Jungle, Calais, Christmas Day – These two men are Bedouin Arabs from Kuwait – they described themselves as ‘no paper’. This basically means that in the country of their birth they are born with no documentation whatsoever, which means they have no right to healthcare, education or welfare of any kind. The guy on the right earned a living in Kuwait by selling fruit ‘illegally’, he spent most of his days being moved-on by the police. The other man […]

Categories: Photography, photojournalism • Tags: calais, france, fuji instax wide, iphone 6, migrant

Nous étions des étrangers

November 18, 2015 by Phil Kneen Photography

I’ve been travelling around Scotland for the last week or so – shooting a bit of a mini-project photographing strangers. Because of this, and a lack of internet access, I haven’t really been following current world events too closely. But like everyone, last Saturday I awoke to the terrible news of the massacre of 129 innocent people in Paris. Straight away I realised that the ongoing project I’m shooting in Calais’ refugee camp, ‘The Jungle’, was now going to become […]

Categories: Photography, photojournalism • Tags: calais, film, film photography, france, migrant, Olympus mju II, paris, pentax 67, refugee, the jungle