(MENAFN- Swissinfo) Dominic Nahr, known for his war reportages, is the big winner of the Swiss press photography awards this year. We take a look at some of his work and that of other photographers.
This content was published on April 30, 2024 - 16:15 2 minutes
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Thomas Kern was born in Switzerland in 1965. Trained as a photographer in Zürich, he started working as a photojournalist in 1989. He was a founder of the Swiss photographers agency Lookat Photos in 1990. Thomas Kern has won twice a World Press Award and has been awarded several Swiss national scholarships. His work has been widely exhibited and it is represented in various collections.
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Deutsch de Dominic Nahr ist Schweizer Fotograf des Jahres 2024 Original Read more: Dominic Nahr ist Schweizer Fotograf des Jahres 2024 Español es Dominic Nahr: Fotógrafo suizo del año Read more: Dominic Nahr: Fotógrafo suizo del año
Nahr, 40, was born in Heiden, northeastern Switzerland, grew up in Hong Kong and is based in Zurich as a war reporter and photojournalist.
Photographer Dominic Nahr won the Swiss Press Photographer of the Year Award, as well as the Portrait and Foreign categories. Keystone/Alessandro della Valle In addition to the title of Swiss Press Photographer of the Year, Nahr also won the Portrait and Foreign categories with his work for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (an overview of all the work in the competition can be found hereExternal link ).
This was for the portrait series“Scarred by war”, taken in Ukraine, and his work on the shocks in Morocco following the devastating earthquake in September 2023. Nahr also took second place in the Foreign category with a photo series from Libya.
Swiss Press Photo 2024. 1st prize Foreign: Dominic Nahr – Earthquake in Morocco pray before burying the body of Said Ben Aid in the destroyed mountain village of Adouz with 200 inhabitants, 34 of whom died. The earthquake in Morocco has left a trail of destruction in the small villages in the Atlas Mountains. Hundreds are dead, entire villages and families have been wiped out. Those left behind are desperately fighting for survival. Keystone/NZZ/Dominic Nahr In the destroyed mountain village of Adouz with 200 inhabitants, 34 of whom have died, people scramble through the debris to search for survivors or the dead. Keystone/NZZ/Dominic Nahr One-month-old twins lie on blankets after surviving the earthquake. Keystone/NZZ/Dominic Nahr Climate demonstration, with masks of Credit Suisse bosses, outside the last AGM of Credit Suisse as an independent bank, just a week after its emergency buyout by UBS. Keystone/Le Temps/Mark Henley 'Crétin Suisse' chalked on the pavement outside Credit Suisse headquarters on Paradeplatz in Zurich. Keystone/Le Temps/Mark Henley After the fall. Outside UBS headquarters people look across at Credit Suisse, where there is a small demonstration. Keystone/Le Temps/Mark Henley The people posing in these pictures live on a campsite on the outskirts of Lausanne. Keystone/Guillaume Perret The trigger for the sometimes intimate portraits was a work by the photographer on the relationship to one's own body. Over the course of the year, this resulted in the series 'Residents', which is not primarily about nudity, but about freedom. Keystone/Guillaume Perret The theme is not just the relationship with one's own body, but freedom and self-determination it itself. Keystone/Guillaume Perret Swiss Press Photo 2024 – 3rd Prize Abroad: Mario Heller – Spitsbergen – Cut off from the world singles live in the two prefabricated buildings in the background. The buildings were renovated a few years ago and clad with colourful façades. Keystone/Mario Heller After a strenuous shift, miners Alexander Yatsunenko (left) and Alexander Komirko not only sweat the dirt out of their pores but also the thoughts out of their heads. Keystone/Mario Heller Many of the young residents smoke regularly. The cigarettes are imported from Russia and are very cheap. Smoking is a popular pastime here and an important social lubricant. Keystone/Mario Heller Swiss Press Photo 2024 – 2nd Prize Everyday Life: Karine Bauzin – Let me die old man plans his own death. Keystone/Karine Bauzin Michel Germond from Lausanne, 82, marked by pain, wants to end his life with the euthanasia organisation Exit. The farewell aperitif is a cheerful affair. Keystone/Karine Bauzin The former taxi driver sadly bids farewell to his car. Keystone/Karine Bauzin The legendary motor-paced races, which take place on Tuesdays in good weather during the summer months at the open racecourse in Oerlikon. Keystone/Pascal Mora Being a pacemaker on a motorbike used to be a purely male affair. Since June 27, Nicole Fry has also been taking part. Keystone/Pascal Mora As the pacemaker in front of cyclist Martin Ruepp, Fry ensures the right tempo. Keystone/Pascal Mora 1. Prize Portrait – Olena Meshcheryakova, 24, dancer. Keystone/NZZ/Dominic Nahr 1. Prize Portrait – Alexander Juma, 37, soldier. Keystone/NZZ/Dominic Nahr 1. Prize Portrait – Mikola Lasorko, 59, technician. Keystone/NZZ/Dominic Nahr The first prize in the Current Affairs category went to Mark Henley, a British-born photographer who lives in Geneva. Henley, who occasionally works for SWI swissinfo, has made a significant contribution to the iconography of Credit Suisse's decline with his black-and-white photographs.
Guillaume Perret triumphed in the Everyday Life category with his intimate study of a campsite.
Matthieu Zellweger won the Swiss Stories category with his documentation of work in sexual counselling for people with disabilities.
In Sport, first place went to Jonathan Labusch, who used his lens to look at the world of hobby horsing, the equestrian sport with a hobby horse.
Women underrepresented
What is striking is that the first places are all in the hands of men. There are only two women among the winners of the year: Annik Ramp (third place, Swiss Stories) and Karine Bauzin (second place, Everyday Life).
The award ceremony took place on April 26 at the University of Bern as part of the Swiss Press AwardExternal link , which covers other categories such as text, online and video.
The total prize money of CHF140,000 ($154,000) is sponsored by the independent Reinhardt von Graffenried Foundation. The Swiss Press Photo is recognised as the most important photography prize in Switzerland.
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