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Hagia Sophia: Divine Wisdom Tested by Earthly Symbols (World 2022, by Nicolas Brodard) - Swiss Press Award

Visiteuse spectrale et allégorique immortalisée dans l'enceinte de Sainte-Sophie. Istanbul, Turquie, 20 octobre 2021.
Nicolas Brodard
Visiteuse spectrale et allégorique immortalisée dans l'enceinte de Sainte-Sophie. Istanbul, Turquie, 20 octobre 2021.
Photo / World
2022

Hagia Sophia: Divine Wisdom Tested by Earthly Symbols

Nicolas Brodard

The recent conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque, at the behest of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has made headlines and rekindled religious and communal tensions. A report from Istanbul, between past and present, religion and secularism, Islam and Christianity, East and West, in the polarized atmosphere of this architectural masterpiece with its turbulent history.

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Hagia Sophia: Divine Wisdom Tested by Earthly Symbols

Le Temps

Photo / World
2022

Nicolas Brodard

The recent conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque, at the behest of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has made headlines and rekindled religious and communal tensions. A report from Istanbul, between past and present, religion and secularism, Islam and Christianity, East and West, in the polarized atmosphere of this architectural masterpiece with its turbulent history.

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Nicolas Brodard / Swiss Press Award

Nicolas Brodard

Photographe, Fribourg, 1985

Based in Fribourg, Switzerland, Nicolas Brodard is a freelance photographer. He works for the print media as a photojournalist and offers his skills to numerous cultural and institutional stakeholders. As an author, he is involved in the self-production of reports and personal projects covering Switzerland, Greece, Turkey, the Caucasus, and the Middle East.

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