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Wounded Ukraine rebuilds (World 2023, by Niels Ackermann) - Swiss Press Award

Irpin, Ukraine, 25 Mai 2022. Le pont détruit pour bloquer l'avancée des soldats russes est déjà remplacé par un passage temporaire construit après le départ des occupants. © Niels Ackermann / Lundi13
Niels Ackermann
Irpin, Ukraine, 25 Mai 2022. Le pont détruit pour bloquer l'avancée des soldats russes est déjà remplacé par un passage temporaire construit après le départ des occupants. © Niels Ackermann / Lundi13
Photo / World
2023

Wounded Ukraine rebuilds

Niels Ackermann

In the summer of 2022, Ukraine was marked by the large-scale invasion launched by Russia on February 24. But the signs of its resilience were already visible across the country. Computer scientists had formed a battalion of hackers. In Bucha, Irpin, and Hostomel, bridges, windows, and destroyed buildings were being repaired, and preparations were already being made for the return of the women and children who had left in February.

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Wounded Ukraine rebuilds

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Photo / World
2023

Niels Ackermann

In the summer of 2022, Ukraine was marked by the large-scale invasion launched by Russia on February 24. But the signs of its resilience were already visible across the country. Computer scientists had formed a battalion of hackers. In Bucha, Irpin, and Hostomel, bridges, windows, and destroyed buildings were being repaired, and preparations were already being made for the return of the women and children who had left in February.

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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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