A war is also made - and perhaps especially - of waiting. The war against Isis in Sirte, Libyan coastal city self-proclaimed capital of the Maghreb province of the Islamic State, lasted seven months in which the long wait and the down time have been protagonists. The military offensive has been very slow and hard-fought street by street. Libyan soldiers were almost all very young, with no experience of fighting and no training. Their time became a time of observation laughing and drinking tea, in the face of enemy snipers.

Steps versus walls, is a way to underline that hundreds of thousands people from different countries, professing different religions, fleeing from different wars are walking together for weeks, going through at least 6 countries for the dream of a better future. Cooperation and solidarity among peoples walking together (mostly Syrians, Iraqis, Afghans) is hampered by Europe: anti immigration rules, but also walls and fence protection. The result is a kind of no man's land where refugees become almost a hostage of the political chaos of Europe.

The first smile after hours of sailing. The first sign of humanity. The first perception of salvation. Dignity 1 represents all this, for the hundreds of migrants and refugees rescued in the Mediterranean in recent months. The step from ships and rafts of Libyan smugglers to the Doctors Without Borders' raft is a moment of rupture. Between the uncertainty about the future and the certainty of living still. In this moment of rupture lie the different reactions of those who have Boarded, paying traffickers, in a black sea, without horizons. The smile of those who feel to have reached the goal, the tears of those do not contain the emotion, the sleep of exhaustion, the gratitude to the first unknown capable of a loving gesture. The dignity of all.