Desperate Crossings By Paolo Pellegrin: The Current Refugee Crisis

The Current Refugee Crisis

The amount of people the have immigrated or are attempting immigrate to Europe or many other countries in the world has increased drastically over the course of years. In the New York Times article, “Desperate Crossings” is a story about people from Eritrea, Africa who are trying to flee their home country and go to Italy, Greece. The authors Paolo Pellegrin, who did most of the photography, and Scott Anderson, who did the articles text, travelled with Bourbon Argos a “Doctors Without Borders” organization to see the people who were immigrating from the Italy-Sea crossing. They documented the hardships and struggles that the people faced from trying to flee their home country to Italy. The past couple of years …show more content…
The article wasn 't presented like a normal article, instead it was presented like a type of power point. Scott Anderson strategically used short texts in order to keep readers from reading long texts and having them eventually bored. They also use the pictures that they chose in a really symbolic way, they are presented one at a time. Also every single photograph that the authors use in the article have a story to them, the text then further elaborated on that picture. Another strategy that the authors use to create an importance for the refugee crisis is by making the pictures, basically the entire article, in black and white. For many people, maybe even some audience members that read the New York Times, when they see black and white photos their mind automatically thinks that it 's a more serious situation. Sometimes black and white pictures create a more somber effect on your mind. In these ways the author is trying to keep you interested about the article they wrote and make you think more seriously about the situation