Minting Xenophobia: What We Can Learn From the AP’s NFT Error

In 2015, photographer Massimo Sestini documented refugees leaving their homelands for safety as they crossed the Mediterranean, hoping to seek asylum in Europe. Sestini’s photographs were well praised and won several awards, but Sestini, as well as many others, recognized that the images do not properly recognize the personhood of the migrants on board the ships. Sestini’s most famous photo, taken from above, shows hundreds of people tightly packed on a shallow hull boat; many are children and few are wearing life-jackets. The image reduces the individual into a collection, negating their personal experience. This reflection inspired Sestini to start his “<a href="https://time.com/4063972/refugee-crisis-massimo-sestini/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Where are you?</a>” project to identify the humans aboard the ship. <a href="https://onezero.medium.com/minting-xenophobia-what-we-can-learn-from-the-aps-nft-error-6320ed0315e8">Learn More</a>