Close by and far beyond. Portraits from along the way. (2015)

Horgos, Serbia, September 2015

Hungary had just hermetically sealed-off its border with Serbia to stop the continuing „stream“ of refugees on their way to Western Europe. The railway-line between Belgrade and Budapest passes here, next to the Serbian village of Horgos, the external frontier of the EU. The train-connection has been interrupted, yet, in a completely barricaded borderline, the rails offer the only remaining way West: A loophole to Europe, just over 5 meters wide. That is where I went to take „portraits from along the way“.