Departure Landscapes, 2013
“The Departure Landscapes were undertaken as a continuation of the Harragas project
in the coastal regions of Annaba and Oran where clandestine migrants set out for Europe.
With my back to Africa and looking towards the European shores of Spain and Italy,
I photographed white landscapes, recording in a single image the dazzling effect of the light, the disappearing landscape and the structure of memories.
This series of photographs is an evocation of the final image remaining in the mind of someone leaving their native land.”
Bruno Boudjelal