The work of Jean Mohr, the photographer who has often collaborated with John Berger on projects covering migrancy, refuge, displacement, subaltern classes (and their passing) and on Palestine (with Edward Said), is celebrated here. The author argues that the nature and role of photography is rethought by Mohr, as his photographic work, which is integral to the text, transcends time and place to suggest a universality. © 2014 Institute of Race Relations.