Backway

Documenting the harrowing journey taken by migrants from West Africa to Europe. Over four years, a group of journalists and photographers walked the main route taken by migrants between West Africa and Europe. This project documents their journey, revealing abuse, injustice and death along the way and leading the authors to grapple with the morality of their professions. SELLING POINTS: . A journey via the main migratory route from West Africa to Europe. . A book that highlights the importance of photojournalism today . Edited by Laia Abril and Roger P. Girones, The Backway won the Ortega y Gasset Prize for Journalism and the Scholarship of the National Geographic Society 108 photographs