ナショナルジオグラフィックのインスタグラム(natgeo) - 11月14日 08時10分

Photography by @ジョン・スタンメイヤー for @ナショナルジオグラフィック

Muhammad and his family have lived in this tent along the road near Feifa, Jordan, for 7 months. He and his family fled Syrian seeking safety as the conflict spread closer to their home. According to #UNHCR, there are now over 600,000 registered Syrian refugees living in Jordan due to conflict in their homeland. Total of unregistered refugees in Jordan is unknown. (Photo taken Jan 9, 2014)

While on assignment for National Geographic magazine earlier this year, part III of the @OutofEdenWalk project, I wanted to look at a facet of migration often overlooked yet tragically repeated throughout our history — forced migration due to conflict and war.

Along the agricultural flatlands of western Jordan, meandering beneath majestic mountains, near the lowest body of water on earth, the Dead Sea, scatted throughout this fertile valley are tents. At night they appear out of darkness. Glowing orbs. Homes of the forgotten, the desperate. Those forced to leave. To migrate or else.

Mohammad welcomed me and my friend @zeekkhdeer in classic Middle Eastern style, offering us hot tea, even part of their families only meal. Sitting crosslegged upon a faux oriental carpet in their tent, he spoke about his unexpected new life as a refugee, the ravages of war, the loss of a homeland. I thought of the millions across our planet, uprooted from our fragile sense of stability, swept into the whirlwind of statelessness. Three dimensional chaos, a nomadic life of exceptional uncertainty. Mohammad could be me and my family. He could be anyone of us.

This photograph was in the final but fell to the editing floor in layout — a National Geographic story is about storytelling, not just a collection of your favorite photographs. Another image depicted more deeply the realities of Syrian’s in Jordan will appear in next months issue of National Geographic.

Pick up next week a copy of the December 2014 issue of National Geographic magazine for, “Promised Lands”, Part III of the Out of Eden Walk project.

All my best, John Stanmeyer

@thephotosociety #Jordan #SyrianConflict #migration #MiddleEast #refugees #tent #night #dusk #landscape @VIIphoto

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