For two weeks, four faces have been staring hard into our collective conscience. Christophe Archambault’s disturbing picture of four migrants adrift on the Indian Ocean has been unavoidable, gracing the cover of newspapers, magazines, websites and appearing on prime-time TV day after day.
Three stare directly at us: they know we see them. One looks downwards and beyond, fixed on some point far away where there is still hope. Behind them, in softer focus, yet more emaciated faces; their tattered clothing and unkempt hair testament to the weeks they have spent at sea.
And then, for four days, nothing. We could not …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
