"I photograph what I cannot describe in words," says Szymon Barylski, who was born in Poland and lives in Galway.
Photography has always been his passion. “The source of inspiration for me is the place and the people. I believe that my photographs describe the stories, emotions to which you can return at any time of your life.”
From March 4th to 8th, the photographer lived with refugees at their camp in Idomeni on the border of Greece and Macedonia.
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There were more than 13,000 refugees and migrants there, mainly Syrians, stuck in what Barylski describes as “a kind of limbo”.
"There are people there from different social layers, and many children, all here fleeing war, death and hunger. They want to travel on through Macedonia to Serbia and to the north and west of Europe. Everyone is waiting at the barbed wire, hoping to continue their way to Europe.
“Not everyone manages to pass the verification of documents, which leads to the separation of families. Refugees live in difficult conditions and are sleeping in overfilled, drenched tents; they are frozen and sanitary conditions are poor. They are exhausted, tired and uncertain about their situation.”
More than 10,000 migrants and refugees remained stranded at Idomeni this week.
