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YAKOUKST -48 The coldest city in the world (World 2014, by Steeve Iunker-Gomez) - Swiss Press Award

Steeve Iunker-Gomez
Winner
Photo / World
2014

YAKOUKST -48 The coldest city in the world

Steeve Iunker-Gomez

Jakutsk, Siberia, minus 48 degrees Celsius. In the coldest city of the world, you only go outside when you have no other choice. The best means of getting anywhere is by public transport (143). Even the photographer’s camera expired after 15 minutes in the cold. What you’d never guess from the pictures: In July, Jakutsk boasts a comfortably warm 25 degrees Celsius.

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YAKOUKST -48 The coldest city in the world

Tribune de Genève

Winner
Photo / World
2014

Steeve Iunker-Gomez

Jakutsk, Siberia, minus 48 degrees Celsius. In the coldest city of the world, you only go outside when you have no other choice. The best means of getting anywhere is by public transport (143). Even the photographer’s camera expired after 15 minutes in the cold. What you’d never guess from the pictures: In July, Jakutsk boasts a comfortably warm 25 degrees Celsius.

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Steeve Iunker-Gomez / Swiss Press Award

Steeve Iunker-Gomez

photographe, Genève

Photographe de presse, Steeve Iuncker interroge de façon inlassable, radicale, politique au vrai sens du terme, la (ou les ) fonction (s) de la photographie et de l'image dans le domaine de l'information et du documentaire d'aujourd'hui. Il montre. De façon réaliste, libre et salutaire. Même si cela peut sembler provocateur ou choquant. Il nous demande seulement d'accepter de voir. D'être responsables et lucides.

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