What Would You Take with You? The Immigrant Story

A portrait of an Iraqi refugee’s family propelled award-winning photographer Jim Lommasson on a mission: to ensure that Americans hear the stories of Iraqi and Syrian refugees and understand what it feels like to flee one’s homeland.

When Lommasson had his aha! moment, he was working on a book project, “Exit Wounds: Soldiers’ Stories – Life After Iraq and Afghanistan,” about U.S. soldiers returning from those war zones. He was toying with the idea of following that book with portraits of and interviews with Iraqi refugees.

Read the full story here: https://theimmigrantstory.org/homeland/