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Chernobyl's children have grown up (World 2016, by Niels Ackermann) - Swiss Press Award

Yulia kisses Dima at a party where their friend Ruslan is celebrating his monthly salary payment.
Niels Ackermann
Yulia kisses Dima at a party where their friend Ruslan is celebrating his monthly salary payment.
Swiss Press Photographer of the Year
2016

Chernobyl's children have grown up

Niels Ackermann

When the nuclear reactor at Chernobyl exploded thirty years ago, they hadn’t yet been born and their town didn’t yet exist. Lying just outside the
exclusion zone, Slavutych was only built in 1986. Yulia and Zhenya are to be married, but what future awaits them, the children of Slavutych? This photographic essay from the youngest town in Ukraine was created between 2012 and 2015.

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Chernobyl's children have grown up

Das Magazin / L'Hebdo / Le Temps / Sonntags Zeitung

Swiss Press Photographer of the Year
2016

Niels Ackermann

When the nuclear reactor at Chernobyl exploded thirty years ago, they hadn’t yet been born and their town didn’t yet exist. Lying just outside the
exclusion zone, Slavutych was only built in 1986. Yulia and Zhenya are to be married, but what future awaits them, the children of Slavutych? This photographic essay from the youngest town in Ukraine was created between 2012 and 2015.

Interview with Niels Ackermann

Swiss Press Photo 2016 - Niels Ackerman – Gewinner Ausland – Swiss Press Photographer of the Year

Interview with Niels Ackermann

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Niels Ackermann / Swiss Press Award

Niels Ackermann

Photographe, Genève, 1987

Niels has worked as a photojournalist for the Swiss and international press since 2007. Working on Ukraine since 2009, he has published three books dedicated to the country. These include the post-Chernobyl youth (2016), the management of the Soviet legacy (2017), and the war unleashed by Russia (2021). The perpetual quest for nuance is a cardinal point of his work. An idea that the world is too complex to be summed up in binary oppositions between good and evil, between right and wrong, and that it is often better to ask new questions than to provide answers yourself. After focusing on Ukraine for more than 13 years, Niels is now interested in the Swiss political system. In addition to photography, Niels holds a degree in political science from the University of Geneva. He now lives in Geneva, where he co-founded the photography collective Lundi13.

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