I was fortunate enough to be taken on by the NGO Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) as their official photographer for one of its recent missions. Usually they have a full-time filmmaker on board, but the NGOs directors understood the need of having high quality still images as well, and that those images could help save lives. Though I’d witnessed several rescue operations out at sea before, I had never managed to get up close until this day. I joined […]

Categories: Asylum Seeker, Malta, photography, Photojournalism, Rescue • Tags: MOAS; Malta; Libya; Sea; Rescue; Photography; Journalism; Islelanders