The photographic exhibition “S’Enfuir, The migrant identity – Part I” by La Magdeleine, conceived and curated by the Cultural Association La Clé sur la Porte, dedicated to the climatic migrants of Kenya and Bangladesh, is part of a cultural program, developed in several stages, dedicated to the complex and articulated theme of the Self Image.

This is a selection of 32 photographic shots from the “Environmental Migrants: The Last illusion” project by photographer Alessandro Grassani.

The images are exhibited outdoors in two very characteristic territorial contexts: 16 images are located along the path of the mills and among the rural villages of the Municipality of La Magdeleine (“S’Enfuir, The migrant identity – Part I”, dedicated to climate migrants of the Bangladesh and Kenya) and 16 others are on display in the small lake area of the Municipality of Brusson (“S’Enfuir, L’Idità migrante – Part II”, dedicated to climate migrants of Mongolia and Haiti).

Refugees, refugees or environmental migrants. They have no real name and under international law not even a status. They seem invisible and yet in 2050 they will be 200 million. Chasing the hope of a better future in the cities, these fishermen, peasants and farmers forced to flee rural areas due to climate change are often faced with their “ultimate illusion”: that of a better life in the city.