Queue (News 2021, by Fabrice Coffrini) - Swiss Press Award
Fabrice Coffrini
People in need rush to queue for a free food distribution on May 9, 2020 in Geneva as the COVID-19 pandemic casts a spotlight on the usually invisible poor people of Geneva, one of the world's most expensive cities.
Agence France-Presse
3rd place
Photo / News
2021
Fabrice Coffrini
Geneva is one of the most expensive cities in the world. However in the spring of 2020, the pandemic suddenly lays bare how much deprivation has been hidden behind the scenes, how many are living on the edge of subsistence: Every Saturday thousands spend hours waiting in line at public and private foodbanks. After the long queues provoked a public outcry, the distribution was reorganised with more locations spread over a larger area.
