In the heart of Athens in Greece, fifty metres from the police station of Omonia (in the city centre) on 33 Veranzerou street, is an old and seemingly abandoned three storey building. It is inhabited by over 100 Somalian immigrants who have illegally immigrated from Turkey and claim political asylum but only very few of them finally receive it. The facilities of the building are non-existent since there is no power supply and water is non-drinkable. Children are too terrified to go out even to play because they are afraid of the white people so they are restrained inside the building. A fact showing that immigrants live every day with the fear of being arrested or restricted in detention centres.
Angelos Tzortzinis was born in Athens, Greece, in 1984. He studied at Leica academy in order to develop his creative skills in photography. Simultaneously, with the completion of his studies, he was selected by the competition �¨Young Greek photography 2007�¨. A freelance professional photographer, Angelos Tzortzinis is associated with the French Press Agency (AFP) in Greece. Nowadays, he works for the local magazine �¨VIMagazino�¨ which is a weekly supplement of significant in circulation daily Greek newspaper �¨VIMA�¨. His photographs have been published in such major foreign publications as Time magazine, New York Time, International Herald Tribune, Le nouvel observateur, Lâ??exress international. He lives and works in Athens.
