Amsterdam is a city of migrants, but rarely do they speak up and share their stories. Migrant Voices is a storytelling project collecting testimonies of first-generation migrants living in the city. Stories are told through text and podcasts. Migrants speak about why they came to the Netherlands, the lives they built, and the impact they have on the city and country. When many in the Netherlands and around the world turn their backs on migrants, we listen to their voices.
Amsterdam is a city of migrants, but rarely do they speak up and share their stories. Migrant Voices is a storytelling project collecting testimonies of first-generation migrants living in the city. Stories are told through text and podcasts. Migrants speak about why they came to the Netherlands, the lives they built, and the impact they have on the city and country. When many in the Netherlands and around the world turn their backs on migrants, we listen to their voices.
Migrant Voices is a photography storytelling project initiated to document the experiences of Amsterdam’s migrant population. These groups rarely raise their voices and their stories go unrecorded, whether high-skilled recent arrivals or migrant workers from 30 years ago. Each story was collected through an interview and edited into a short text and podcast episode. Full interview transcripts are available upon request.
William Lounsbury - A migrant himself, William is a visual storyteller living in Bos-en-Lommer. His work combines photography and first-person testimonies to share people’s stories, authentically. As a photojournalist, his work has been published internationally in the Guardian, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Le Parisien and more. In Amsterdam, he created multiple photo/storytelling projects, exploring communities that are often ignored. Internationally, he works on photo/video projects to amplify the voices of marginalized communities (LGBTQI+ & refugees) through the non-profit, Witness Change. wlounsbury.com
Mariël Vermuë - Mariël is a freelance audio producer and project manager in the cultural field, with a background in Illustration Design and Interdisciplinary Social Sciences. She works across events, exhibitions and festivals, and is developing her practice in documentary and journalistic storytelling. She recently produced her first 10-minute audio short at the Oorzaken Podcast Academy.