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Rhein portraits (People 2026, by Kostas Maros) - Swiss Press Award

Rheinschwimmerin, Badkleid, Quartierstrasse, Kleinbasel
Kostas Maros
Rheinschwimmerin, Badkleid, Quartierstrasse, Kleinbasel
2nd place
Photo / People
2026

Rhein portraits

Kostas Maros

The Rhine is completely absent from this work. The river is present only as an idea, as a thought, in these portraits of people moving through the cityscape in bathing suits or swim trunks, towards the Rhine embankment, which has long since become a multifunctional space – a swimming area, a party mile, a concert stage.

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Rhein portraits

btbasel.ch

2nd place
Photo / People
2026

Kostas Maros

The Rhine is completely absent from this work. The river is present only as an idea, as a thought, in these portraits of people moving through the cityscape in bathing suits or swim trunks, towards the Rhine embankment, which has long since become a multifunctional space – a swimming area, a party mile, a concert stage.

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Kostas Maros / Swiss Press Award

Kostas Maros

Fotograf, Basel, 1980

Photographer Kostas Maros (*1980) completed a law degree at university and worked in the legal field for several years before switching to photography as a self-taught photographer in 2013. Since then, he has worked for editorial and corporate clients in Switzerland and abroad; he also realizes reportage and art projects. He is a member of the photo agency 13photo (www.13photo.ch). His artistic work is represented by Galerie Wertheimer (www.galeriewertheimer.ch). He has received awards for his photographic work, including the Prix de la Photographie Paris, the Vfg Young Talent Award, and the Swiss Press Award. In 2018, he won the Swiss Photo Award for his work "HIDDEN - Hidden Places in Switzerland."

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