I’m from Damascus, Syria and in the summer of 2015 I left for Europe, traveling overland to Turkey, crossing to Greece by boat. I traveled light, with my camera and 7 rolls of Tri-X film. From there I made my way up to Germany, where I applied for asylum and was assigned to a refugee camp in Würzburg in the state of Bavaria. I made the photographs in this series with a small digital camera once in Germany, and it is a sort of photo diary in which I try to describe my feelings about the situation I’ve found myself in as a new refugee, which maybe also reflects the experience of refugees in general. Leaving my country at war to come live in a refugee camp, I’m full of conflicting feelings I’ve never felt before. They’re unsettling and weigh heavily, and are sometimes even absurd, starting small, with the upsetting conditions I find myself in, and finishing with my foggy future.
Eyad Abou Kasem was born in Damascus, Syria. He graduated from Damascus University with a BA in English/Arabic translation. Eyad started photographing in 2007, falling in love film and the B&W developing process, which he would do himself at home. In the summer of 2015 Eyad left Damascus for Europe, traveling by sea from Turkey to Greece, and then overland into Germany, where he is currently based.
Eyad Abou Kasem was born in Damascus, Syria. He graduated from Damascus University with a BA in English/Arabic translation. Eyad started photographing in 2007, falling in love film and the B&W developing process, which he would do himself at home. In the summer of 2015 Eyad left Damascus for Europe, traveling by sea from Turkey to Greece, and then overland into Germany, where he is currently based.