‘Illegal dreamer’ is a low-almost-no budged campaign directed by Manson for GetxoPhoto 2015 based on a series of selfies posted on Instagram by Abdou Diouf, a fictional character who documents his journey from Senegal to Europe in search for a better life.
After some media —like UK’s The Huffington Post, Mirror; Swedish Svenska Dagbladet; Italians Corriere della Sera, La Stampa, Vanity Fair; Spaniards Cadena Ser, Cuatro, La Vanguardia; Portuguesse TVi 24; Mexicans El Universal and Excelsior; Peruvian El Popular among many others around the world— reported about Abdou’s trip as if it was real, the campaign went globally viral, giving tremendous attention to GetxoPhoto 2015 and the issues presented in this Trips’ edition.
GETXOPHOTO is an international festival dedicated to photography that takes place in Getxo (Basque Country) and supports the exploration of formats, stands and unconventional exhibition spaces to show the different images. This is a thematic festival that every three years works together with a different curator who understands the photography as a tool of knowledge, communication, and of course artistic enjoyment.
The curator for GetxoPhoto 2015 «TRIPS» edition is Christian Caujolle.
Analysis, critics and debate
Be You Instagram pour sensibiliser aux difficultés des migrants
disphotic PUBLISH AND BE INSTA-DAMNED: ON THE ‘INSTAGRAM MIGRANT’
disphotic BAD MARKETING, WORSE JOURNALISM: A FOLLOW UP ON THE ‘INSTAGRAM MIGRANT’
Perth Now How far is too far when it comes to dishonest marketing campaigns?
Radio Africa @abdoudiouf1993, cuando la realidad supera la ficción
storify The ‘Instagram migrant:’ journalism, verification, and fiction
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El Periódico Èxode amb smartphones
The Independent Surprised that Syrian refugees have smartphones? You’re an idiot
Client GetxoPhoto
Director Manson
Creative Director Tomás Oliva
Director GetxoPhoto Jokin Aspuru
Cast Hagi Toure, Penda Kamte Diame, Madi Fatty Komma, Basirou Sisoko
Casting Ana Menéndez
Stylist Tamara Pérez
Produced by Volga — July 2015.
Awards
cdc 2016 / Plata en ideas (silver – creativity)
Press and Media
ALJAZEERA Politics and polemics: Europe’s immigration story
BBC News ‘Migrant’ hoax: The selfies that fooled the internet
BR / PULS Die (wahre) Geschichte des Instaflüchtlings
CNN La dramática travesía de un ‘inmigrante’ africano hasta las costas españolas, vía Instagram
Creativepool The Instagram Migrant was actually an advertisement in disguise
Deutsche Welle How one photographer faked a refugee trip to Europe
Deutsche Welle Migrant’s journey on Instagram
EITB El viaje a ninguna parte de Abdou
El Mundo Un ‘inmigrante’ en campaña publicitaria
El Pais La campaña que imagina el Instagram de un inmigrante hasta llegar a España /// La campanya que imagina l’Instagram d’un immigrant que arriba a Espanya
El Periódico Instagram es revoluciona amb la ‘suposada’ odissea d’un immigrant africà
FranceTVinfo Non, un migrant n’a pas chroniqué son périple vers l’Europe sur Instagram
i-D La campaña viral española que ha engañado al mundo entero
Jeune Afrique Immigration : « Abdou Diouf » sur Instagram, vrai buzz pour faux clandestin
La Opinión El viaje de un inmigrante indocumentado que confundió a miles en la red
Le Journal du Dimanche Le faux migrant qui retraçait son périple sur Instagram
Medium How a Production Company Faked ‘Instagram Migrant’ Account
Radio GuinéeSud Le périple diffusé par un migrant sur Instagram était un faux
RTBF Sur Instagram, un faux migrant sénégalais raconte son parcours vers l’Europe
Rue89 Le migrant qui raconte son périple était un fake
The Huffington Post ‘Instagram Migrant’ Turns Out To Be Spanish Handball Player
TIME Creators of Fake Instagram Account Showing a Migrant’s Journey Speak Out
TVE Telediario Festival de fotografía GetxoPhoto
VICE La campaña del inmigrante de Instagram
VOX A company tricked the media into believing a fake migrant’s journey on Instagram
WIRED Flucht-Fake: Eine spanische Werbeagentur inszeniert die Reise eines Refugees