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Article 51 (World 2018, by Niels Ackermann) - Swiss Press Award

Stanytsia Luhanska, Ukraine / 21 November 2017. View through the hole made by a shrapnel through a fence in an ukrainian village near frontline with separatist Luhansk People's Republic in Luhansk region. © Niels Ackermann / Lundi13
Niels Ackermann
Stanytsia Luhanska, Ukraine / 21 November 2017. View through the hole made by a shrapnel through a fence in an ukrainian village near frontline with separatist Luhansk People's Republic in Luhansk region. © Niels Ackermann / Lundi13
3rd place
Photo / World
2018

Article 51

Niels Ackermann

Article 51 of the Geneva Convention protects civilians from the consequences of armed conflict. Yet, civilians are still regularly the victims, intentionally or unintentionally, of conflicts, even on Europe's borders. This series documents the return of life through holes created by shell explosions in villages on the Donbas front.

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Article 51

Sonntags Blick Magazine

3rd place
Photo / World
2018

Niels Ackermann

Article 51 of the Geneva Convention protects civilians from the consequences of armed conflict. Yet, civilians are still regularly the victims, intentionally or unintentionally, of conflicts, even on Europe's borders. This series documents the return of life through holes created by shell explosions in villages on the Donbas front.

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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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