Clausette La Trine (Porträt 2015, von Cédric Von Niederhäusern) - Swiss Press Award

Cédric Von Niederhäusern

Fotograf, Bern, 1992

Cédric von Niederhäusern is a documentary photographer. He was born in Bern, Switzerland, and worked as a photographer for several media outlets and as photo editor for the daily newspaper Tages-Anzeiger. His documentary project „Leaving war behind“ (2014) about the refugee crisis in Turkey at the border to Syria was part of several exhibitions in Switzerland and at VISA pour l’Image in Perpignan, France (2015). Selected work has been published in the books Swiss Press Photo 13 and Swiss Press Photo 15. Recently graduated from the Visual Journalism and Documentary Practice program at the International Center of Photography in New York, he is focusing on political issues in the United States, specialising in the 2016 election year and the polarisation of the public that surrounds it.