Desperate Crossing

The New York Times Magazine

A cinematic photo-essay to portrait the tragedy of migrants crossing the Mediterranean sea.

Role:

Lead designer & developer

Awards:

World Press Photo Multimedia Award 2016– First Prize, Immersive Storytelling
American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) Ellie 2016 – Finalist, Multimedia

In 2015, at the peak of the European migrant crisis, Paolo Pellegrin, a photographer on assignment for the New York Times Magazine traveled with a Doctors Without Borders team to cover this human tragedy in the Mediterranean sea. In June, they received a rescue call from two sinking small boats carrying more than 700 migrants.

The resulting photographs were dramatic and shocking. This project was designed to highlight that and generate a narrative with a cinematic sense. Editorially, the order of the story is unconventional, with an extended introduction before the headline closeup. Images and videos were cropped specifically to take over the screen on both desktop and mobile and the interaction is meant to be simple. The impact of the project resides in the pacing and the sequential edit of the content.

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