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Painter Tarek Marestani wanted to do a series portraits on young people in Germany with migrant backgrounds and he began to realize the project a year ago after moving to Berlin.
He began by establishing contacts in districts of Berlin that are popular destinations for immigrants and asking them if they would be interested in letting their children sit for his project as models. Many agreed.
Realistic, not polemical
"The project is intended to be a bridge of understanding between immigrants and the rest of German society. I want to create a realistic - and not a polemical - dialogue," Marestani explained.