Flight to Freedom, 2012-2013 / Barat Ali Batoor
- Bib ID:
- 8567122
- Format:
- Picture
- Author:
- Batoor, Barat Ali, 1983-, photographer
- Online Access:
- National Library of Australia digital collection item.
- Related Online Resources:
- Finding aid at National Library of Australia
- Description:
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- 2012-2013
- 1 online resource (89 photographs) : TIFF files, colour
- Summary:
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Collection of photographs of Barat Ali Batoor's journey and other Hazara asylum seekers as they fled oppression in Afghanistan and Pakistan in 2012. Includes the smugglers' route through Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia and on the final sea leg to Australia. The journey to Thailand was undertaken legally, but the illegal journey with people smugglers started on entering Malaysia. The boat from Indonesia did not make it to Australia, running aground on rocks off the coast of Java, with 93 people on board.--Information from acquisitions documentation.
- Biography/History:
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"Batoor's Flight to Freedom photographs were taken on his journey from Pakistan to Australia as an asylum seeker. Batoor settled in Australia in 2013 after being granted refugee status. He lives in Melbourne and now works as a freelance photographer. Batoor won the prestigious Nikon-Walkely Photo of the Year in 2013, as well as the best photographic essay for photographs from this series."--Information from acquisitions documentation.
- Notes:
- Title from acquisitions documentation.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased from photographer, 2021.
- Subject:
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- Batoor, Barat Ali -- Journeys -- Photographs
- Hazāras -- Afgahnistan -- Photographs
- Political refugees -- Pakistan -- Photographs
- Refugees -- Australia -- Photographs
- Smugglers -- Thailand -- Photographs
- Boats and boating -- Indonesia -- Photographs
- Malaysia -- Photographs
- Thailand -- Photographs
- Indonesia -- Photographs
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- Copyright restrictions may apply.
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Photograph
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2013
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