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Islelanders is a photographic art project, based on Darrin Zammit Lupi's experience as a photojournalist, documenting the lives of asylum seekers and migrants through and after their journey across the Mediterranean Sea.

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On fathers

June 19, 2016 by darrinzl

Originally posted on Darrin Zammit Lupi's Blog:
I’m away from home and family, sitting in the TV room on the Topaz Responder, a migrant rescue ship that’s operated by the Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) off the coast of Libya.  Deteriorating weather means we’re unlikely to see any activity over the next couple of days. My daughter’s trying to call me on Skype and several other VOIPs to wish me a Happy Father’s Day, without much success so far.…

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A journey of hope

June 14, 2016 by darrinzl

Originally posted on Darrin Zammit Lupi's Blog:
Having spent more than a decade closely documenting the plight of asylum seekers in the central Mediterranean, I leapt at the opportunity to cover the story in Greece, Macedonia, Serbia and Croatia for the Jesuit Refugee Service earlier this year.  ? A lifejacket floats on the surface of the water at the port of Mytilene on the Greek island of Lesbos, January 29, 2016. Photo: Darrin Zammit Lupi Biting cold air envelopes the…

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Isle Landers – The book


The photos in this book, covering everything from rescues at sea, life in detention centres, life in Malta and refugees being resettled to the U.S. and continental Europe, were shot on assignment for Times of Malta, Reuters and a host of other international publications between 2004 and 2014.

Isle Landers is available in all good bookstores in Malta and Gozo (free delivery to Malta addresses)

click here to purchase the book

If you are purchasing the book from outside Malta use the coupon code ISLE30 to get a discount on the shipping

Photographing the Mediterranean’s Migrants

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Photographer Darrin Zammit Lupi tells BBC Newsday's Nuala McGovern about his work documenting the lives of migrants in the Mediterranean.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02ffbmj/player

The migrant behind the eyes

some_text "The man was just another of the hundreds of asylum-seekers that Darrin has photographed arriving in Malta, sitting on a bus whilst waiting to be driven away to police headquarters for processing by immigration officials. But with a momentary glance, all that changed. His gaze straight at Darrin was piercing and haunting, tearing through his camera lens."


I wrote an extensive article on my Reuters' blog. click here to read it

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Isle Landers Photographic Exhibition, St James Cavalier, Valletta, Malta - 6 Dec 2014 - 4 Jan 2015
Isle Landers Photographic Exhibition, St James Cavalier, Valletta, Malta – 6 Dec 2014 – 4 Jan 2015
Isle Landers Photographic Exhibition, St James Cavalier, Valletta, Malta - 6 Dec 2014 - 4 Jan 2015
Isle Landers Photographic Exhibition, St James Cavalier, Valletta, Malta – 6 Dec 2014 – 4 Jan 2015
Isle Landers Photographic Exhibition, St James Cavalier, Valletta, Malta - 6 Dec 2014 - 4 Jan 2015
Isle Landers Photographic Exhibition, St James Cavalier, Valletta, Malta – 6 Dec 2014 – 4 Jan 2015
Media Photographer of the Year 2013. Ben Jones Societies' Online News Editor with Darrin Zammit Lupi, London 2014
Media Photographer of the Year 2013. Ben Jones Societies’ Online News Editor with Darrin Zammit Lupi, London 2014
Interviewing Steve McCurry, Valletta 2012
Interviewing Steve McCurry, Valletta 2012
Costa Concordia shipwreck: Double page in Geo magazine (French Magazine)
Costa Concordia shipwreck: Double page in Geo magazine (French Magazine)
Reuters- Our World Now Vol 1
Reuters- Our World Now Vol 1
Reuters- The State of the World
Reuters- The State of the World
BBC screenshot
BBC screenshot
Meeting a Palestinian child from Syria refugee in Malta, summer 2013. Photo credit: Heidi Levine/SIPA Press
Meeting a Palestinian child from Syria refugee in Malta, summer 2013. Photo credit: Heidi Levine/SIPA Press
In Libya
In Libya
Media Photographer of 2013
Media Photographer of 2013
Brega, Libya
Brega, Libya
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